Turn off the automated karma system, and replace it with a prominent section where the mods highlight their favorite posts. The editors certainly have the right to steer the course of their own forum, and I would personally prefer their analysis and judgement to that of click happy anonymous unknown voters, who may not have even read the posts they are voting on.
So, for example, if I wanted my posts to have prominent placement on the forum, I would have to address the topics of most interest to the editors, and do so in a way which they find to be a useful contribution. You know, nothing new here, this is how most publications work.
As an almost geezer who has been thinking and writing about such subjects for decades, I find it somewhat discouraging that my reputation on the forum is, to some significant degree, being governed by many who are a third to a half my age, and maybe weren’t even born yet when my thinking and writing journey began.
If the karma system is to remain, require voters to at least make some brief explanation of their vote, so that future readers will have some opportunity to evaluate the quality of the vote. Can the voter provide at least some evidence that they actually read the article? If not, the karma system is just a high school popularity contest, imho.
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Turn off the automated karma system, and replace it with a prominent section where the mods highlight their favorite posts. The editors certainly have the right to steer the course of their own forum, and I would personally prefer their analysis and judgement to that of click happy anonymous unknown voters, who may not have even read the posts they are voting on.
So, for example, if I wanted my posts to have prominent placement on the forum, I would have to address the topics of most interest to the editors, and do so in a way which they find to be a useful contribution. You know, nothing new here, this is how most publications work.
As an almost geezer who has been thinking and writing about such subjects for decades, I find it somewhat discouraging that my reputation on the forum is, to some significant degree, being governed by many who are a third to a half my age, and maybe weren’t even born yet when my thinking and writing journey began.
If the karma system is to remain, require voters to at least make some brief explanation of their vote, so that future readers will have some opportunity to evaluate the quality of the vote. Can the voter provide at least some evidence that they actually read the article? If not, the karma system is just a high school popularity contest, imho.