To make it clear, the claim is that the number karma for a forum post on a project does not correlate well with the project’s direct impact? Rather than, say, that a karma score of a post correlates well with the impact of the post itself on the community?
I’d say it also doesn’t correlate that well with its total (direct+indirect) impact either, but yes. And I was thinking more in contrast to the karma score being an ideal measure of total impact; I don’t have thoughts to share here on the impact of the post itself on the community.
I think that for me, I upvote according to how much I think a post itself is valuable for me or for the community as a whole. At least, that’s what I’m trying to do when I’m thinking about it logically.
To make it clear, the claim is that the number karma for a forum post on a project does not correlate well with the project’s direct impact? Rather than, say, that a karma score of a post correlates well with the impact of the post itself on the community?
I’d say it also doesn’t correlate that well with its total (direct+indirect) impact either, but yes. And I was thinking more in contrast to the karma score being an ideal measure of total impact; I don’t have thoughts to share here on the impact of the post itself on the community.
Thanks, that makes sense.
I think that for me, I upvote according to how much I think a post itself is valuable for me or for the community as a whole. At least, that’s what I’m trying to do when I’m thinking about it logically.