I mean, that would just make the total karma system in 90% of cases worse. For example I think it totally makes sense for posts by Eliezer to start with that much karma, since I think there is a strong prior that they are going to be pretty good.
Ah, yeah, I think that’s a kind of reasonable thing to do. My primary hesitation is that it’s not super intuitive and adds complexity, but it seems like one of the reasonable ways forward.
Most people have strong upvote strength 3-7 though. Anyway, if this is a big problem, then just cap self-upvote strength around 5?
I mean, that would just make the total karma system in 90% of cases worse. For example I think it totally makes sense for posts by Eliezer to start with that much karma, since I think there is a strong prior that they are going to be pretty good.
I was thinking just for comments.
Ah, yeah, I think that’s a kind of reasonable thing to do. My primary hesitation is that it’s not super intuitive and adds complexity, but it seems like one of the reasonable ways forward.