Maybe more but smaller prizes? I think karma works as a better signal to internalize since the feedback is more consistent and granular, but if more prizes were given out, this gap would be smaller. Maybe reduce the post prizes to $150 to $300 and give out more of them and/​or more comment prizes?
If someone is working on a post, I don’t think $200 vs $500 makes much difference in motivation beyond the karma on the post and recognition with the prize, but 0 vs $200 could (although I don’t know that either would make much difference for me beyond the karma).
Maybe more but smaller prizes? I think karma works as a better signal to internalize since the feedback is more consistent and granular, but if more prizes were given out, this gap would be smaller. Maybe reduce the post prizes to $150 to $300 and give out more of them and/​or more comment prizes?
If someone is working on a post, I don’t think $200 vs $500 makes much difference in motivation beyond the karma on the post and recognition with the prize, but 0 vs $200 could (although I don’t know that either would make much difference for me beyond the karma).