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Charging members (in karma) to post could work, but 1 karma wouldn't do it. Try 100.
by markdown 5y ago
Charging members (in karma) to post could work, but 1 karma wouldn't do it. Try 100.
- arbol 5y agoThat would overly favour high reputation accounts
- wmf 5y agoI currently consider submitting anything to HN a waste of time because there are just too many links for the community to evaluate. I'd happily "pay" hundreds of karma to indicate that my submission is worth reading.
- karmakaze 5y agoI think we want the same thing, but your suggestion is to accept the large volume of mediocrity and pay for something you strongly believe in. Someone else suggested this too. I think both have value and are operating at opposite ends of the spectrum of the same issue. Paying for display may also have negative consequences, like promoted 'search results'.
- jeffreyrogers 5y agoThat incentivizes the sort of things that get lots of upvotes though, which are often controversial or are complaints about some big company or practice. Some of the best submissions are deeply technical ones that only get 20-30 upvotes.
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