I did have thought about a meta karma system, but where the voting effect or output differs by context (so a strong upvote or strong downvote has a different effect on comments or posts depending on the situation).
This would avoid the current situation of “I need to make sure the comment I like ranks highly or has the karma I want” and also prevent certain kinds of hysteresis.
While the voting effect or output can change radically in this system, based on context, IMO, it’s important make sure that the latent underlying voting power of the user accumulates in a fairly mundane/simple/gradual way, otherwise you get these weird incentives.
I did have thought about a meta karma system, but where the voting effect or output differs by context (so a strong upvote or strong downvote has a different effect on comments or posts depending on the situation).
This would avoid the current situation of “I need to make sure the comment I like ranks highly or has the karma I want” and also prevent certain kinds of hysteresis.
While the voting effect or output can change radically in this system, based on context, IMO, it’s important make sure that the latent underlying voting power of the user accumulates in a fairly mundane/simple/gradual way, otherwise you get these weird incentives.