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Interesting experiment! What type of content do you expect to attract? How do you foresee users behaving in response to the incentives set up? My gut reactio
by an_ko 5y ago
Interesting experiment! What type of content do you expect to attract? How do you foresee users behaving in response to the incentives set up?
My gut reaction is a worry that because people in general tend to upvote things they already know and agree with, giving extra value to upvotes might create even more bias toward boring conformity. I imagine it would deter users with different interests or opinions from participating, since they wouldn't want to spend money just to risk being ignored or shown the door.
I think successful communities fight such stagnation by being focused and moderated; people join because they care about the topic the community discusses rather than the people in it, and trust moderators to trim upvote-farming relatable memes, over-discussed subjects, and interpersonal drama, to keep the spotlight on topical discussion. Anything else tends to lead to 4chan /b/.