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Discouraging posting in general will decrease both the bad and good. That's bad. I think the right focus is on increasing the amount of good content, not on d
by tablespoon 5y ago
Discouraging posting in general will decrease both the bad and good. That's bad.
I think the right focus is on increasing the amount of good content, not on decreasing the amount of bad. If you're focus is on the latter, you're more likely to put yourself in the situation of shooting yourself in the foot.
- boopmaster 5y ago+ Downvote brigades can potentially swoop in and blow up all karma. It would not be helpful to encourage that.
- gus_massa 5y agoIn each comment, the karma is bounded by -4. Also, comments can not be downvoted after 12 or 24 hours. (I'm never sure.) So the damage of downvote brigades is bounded. Also, the system probably can detect it and notify the mods and they fix the karma. (There are a lot of hidden unofficial features. They are part of the secret sauce. Some may be fictional.) Also, if you see something like this, you can send an email to the mods to they can take a look.