Obviously it isn’t always perfect, and good posts with niche audiences aren’t always given much karma.
This was actually a surprisingly useful thing to hear, and I’m glad you included it. It can be quite disheartening (especially for first or second time posters) to spend weeks on a post for it to receive single digit karma after it goes live. I’d hate to think that ever puts anyone off. It’s just something that happens. Things like amnesty are good for overcoming that (I assume), especially people who are afraid to make posts for fear of harsh criticism.
I may have a crack at taking part in the draft amnesty, if any ‘would like to see’ suggestions match my research areas.
Looking forward to seeing what else this generates!
I’m glad! Excited to see what you draft if you do.
This problem is part of the reason the Forum’s tagging/topics/wiki system is so important. If your post is correctly tagged, then someone interested in the (potentially very niche) question you are answering will be able to find it, even years later.
I also try to use the Digest to highlight posts which were very good, but get low karma for whatever reason.
This was actually a surprisingly useful thing to hear, and I’m glad you included it. It can be quite disheartening (especially for first or second time posters) to spend weeks on a post for it to receive single digit karma after it goes live. I’d hate to think that ever puts anyone off. It’s just something that happens. Things like amnesty are good for overcoming that (I assume), especially people who are afraid to make posts for fear of harsh criticism.
I may have a crack at taking part in the draft amnesty, if any ‘would like to see’ suggestions match my research areas.
Looking forward to seeing what else this generates!
I’m glad! Excited to see what you draft if you do.
This problem is part of the reason the Forum’s tagging/topics/wiki system is so important. If your post is correctly tagged, then someone interested in the (potentially very niche) question you are answering will be able to find it, even years later.
I also try to use the Digest to highlight posts which were very good, but get low karma for whatever reason.