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I think there's a fine line to walk: tell enough about the principles that you use for contributors to earn reputations, but not with too precise a detail. Not
by CalmQuiet 18y ago
I think there's a fine line to walk: tell enough about the principles that you use for contributors to earn reputations, but not with too precise a detail. Not necessarily to keep people from trying to "work the system" - but because you may need to tweak how things are weighted without always having to make a formal commitment to weights, etc.
Besides: telling people which factors will affect reputation ratings is a powerful statement about the principles and values you want your site to support. That make sense?
- sachinag 18y agoThanks; do we do enough to tell people what principles and values we support?
- CalmQuiet 18y agoI'm not sure that I can answer that (not familiar enough with the gaming population). So I certainly wasn't trying to suggest that you are expressing it enough. For that matter, I think that sometimes such expressions get laid on too heavily/preachy. That's part of why I think it's powerful (for sits on whose opinions I depend) to "show not tell" And the criteria a site uses for karma/reputation is a strong way of "showing."