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People can get addicted to their rating, creating "karma whores" and the like. A counterpoint to this: If a karma system reliably rewards beneficial behavior,
by camccann 17y ago
People can get addicted to their rating, creating "karma whores" and the like.
A counterpoint to this: If a karma system reliably rewards beneficial behavior, "karma whores" can potentially create a lot of real value for more casual members of the community (at the cost of possibly some irritation from active but not addicted members). This may not be possible in all communities, of course, but here's at least one example: http://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet http://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet
- nazgulnarsil 17y agoyou've just reinvented the invisible hand concept. for the record I agree completely. checks and balances on negative behaviors is stupid and has never worked. what you need to do is set up the incentives so that everyone's goals are complementary anyway. then the users police themselves because everyone is benefiting. you've turned a zero-sum game (status) into positive sum.
- blasdel 17y agoThe problem is that "karma whores" gravitate towards actions that are merely structurally beneficial without regard to actual value. It's cargo-cult commenting.