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I've actually implemented a system like this on isdaily (a news site I'm building.) I came to the conclusion that using Karma as a score is a rather bad idea a
by Super_Jambo 15y ago
I've actually implemented a system like this on isdaily (a news site I'm building.)
I came to the conclusion that using Karma as a score is a rather bad idea as it assumes that people who get voted up have better judgement: "If you post well you must vote well."
But I'm sceptical that this is the case, it's easy to see someone like patio11 has both excellent judgement and a high karma score. But vote power = karma probably means you're giving a casting vote to patio11 if he turns up but mainly you're giving vote power to the people who post the most.
The implementation I have is basically:
"If you made hard decisions in the past and voted well, you get more vote power."
- Gormo 15y agoSo in your implementation, you gain voting weight by voting on the posts that have themselves accumulated the highest vote counts? In order for this to work, you'd have to hide vote totals on all posts and comments, which, as jamesbritt pointed out above, eliminates a feedback mechanism that users may find desirable.
- Super_Jambo 15y agoI do hide the totals. However you gain vote power for difficult decisions. So the most vote power is assigned to someone who votes early on a contentious story which later becomes popular.