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Why does the site reward high karma rather than high average karma? I don't have any experiences miderating a forum, but intuitively it seems to me that those
by CoolGuySteve 13y ago
Why does the site reward high karma rather than high average karma?
I don't have any experiences miderating a forum, but intuitively it seems to me that those who spend a lot of time contributing low quality posts gain more moderation privileges than those who are either too busy to do so or who spend time writing a few quality posts.
- derefr 13y agoMostly because high-quality posts hidden in low-traffic subthreads "look like" low-quality posts under such a system. People who go out of their way to help some individual without the expectation of a status-gain would be punished, while sycophants would be rewarded. This is the opposite of the incentives you'd want.