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This is a pure guess, but I think it's about right when I look at my own dismal performance. If your own avg Karma drops below 2 (because people downvote you f
by chris_dcosta 15y ago
This is a pure guess, but I think it's about right when I look at my own dismal performance.
If your own avg Karma drops below 2 (because people downvote you for example) you cannot upvote anything.
The problem with that is that if you only get 1 point per submission I sense that it might just be mathematically impossible to get back above 2 again, and worse, the more you participate the lower your average Karma gets.
As I say, just a guess based on my own score. I could be completely wrong. In which case this post will probably be downvoted out of existence!
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoAre you really sure? To the best of my knowledge, your karma total determines the ability to downvote/flag. (Note that the required karma total is periodically raised, perhaps the threshold got raised above your current karma at some point in the past? ISTR that it last got raised about a year ago.)
- chris_dcosta 15y agoWhat are you asking about? Am I sure about what? I feel certain that pg posted a comment a while ago mentioning that he had re-worked the algorithm and that an average below 2 meant your upvote did not get counted. I can't find that thread though, but I expect others will explain it better, although I would not expact the algorithm to be posted.
- ImprovedSilence 15y agoHmm... It'd be interesting to know the "rules" to this karma thing, although I suppose not knowing them prevents gaming the system. My karma is above 2, but I haven't been able to downvote something for months. I guess I just downvoted the wrong person/article?
- llambda 15y ago> ...although I suppose not knowing them prevents gaming the system. Something about security through obscurity...d'oh!