> require minimum amount of positive reputation to leave a comment How can one get positive reputation, without first having published a few comments that got

> require minimum amount of positive reputation to leave a comment How can one get positive reputation, without first having published a few comments that got upvoted? Anyway here's a commenting system with a built in trust level system — more similar to the one you'd find in Discourse, than at StackOverflow though: https://www.talkyard.io/blog-comments https://www.talkyard.io/blog-comments (I'm developing it). There are Like votes = upvotes, neutral Disagree votes, and (for community core members & mods only) the Unwanted vote, which works like downvotes and destroys "karma" (not completely implemented). From your blog: > Users should be able to gain reputation through their comments — we are currently able to upvote or downvote each user comment — that should somehow influence user profile reputation And maybe an upvote or downvote by someone with high rep, could carry more weight, than from a new member?