I agree, upvotes do seem a bit inflated. It creates an imbalance between new and old users that continually grows as existing users rack up more upvotes over time. This can be good for preserving culture and norms, but as time goes on, the difference between new and old users only grows. Some recalibration could help make the site more welcoming to new users.
In general, I think it would be nice if each upvote counted for roughly 1 karma. Will MacAskill’s most recent post received over 500 karma from only 250 voters, which might exaggerate the reach of the post to someone who doesn’t understand the karma system. On a smaller scale, I would expect a comment with 10 karma from 3 votes to be less useful than a comment with 10 karma from 5 − 8 votes. These are just my personal intuitions, would be curious how other people perceive it.
The users with the highest karma come from a range of different years, and the two highest joined in 2017 and 2019. I don’t think it’s too much of a problem.
I agree, upvotes do seem a bit inflated. It creates an imbalance between new and old users that continually grows as existing users rack up more upvotes over time. This can be good for preserving culture and norms, but as time goes on, the difference between new and old users only grows. Some recalibration could help make the site more welcoming to new users.
In general, I think it would be nice if each upvote counted for roughly 1 karma. Will MacAskill’s most recent post received over 500 karma from only 250 voters, which might exaggerate the reach of the post to someone who doesn’t understand the karma system. On a smaller scale, I would expect a comment with 10 karma from 3 votes to be less useful than a comment with 10 karma from 5 − 8 votes. These are just my personal intuitions, would be curious how other people perceive it.
The users with the highest karma come from a range of different years, and the two highest joined in 2017 and 2019. I don’t think it’s too much of a problem.