I’d like to go further and get rid of the distinction between main/promoted, main, and discussion (I’d probably keep open threads, though). Just post articles, let them get voted up or down based on whatever “the community” wants to see, and allow a few high-karma individuals to promote things they want to see on “the front page” as our face to newbies or casual readers.
Among other things, that would discourage highly-skilled newcomers from posting anything, and it would encourage people to pursue karma at the expense of quality or clarity (just look at Lumifer’s posts).
How would this discourage posting? Seems like it would make it easier for high-quality posts to get promoted (because they’re posted with the same bar as discussion has today, and can get selected for promotion directly from there).
I should probably have been less specific about who gets to promote things—“site founders” or “a few designated site ambassadors” is mostly what I was thinking, not “anyone who collects enough karma”. I’m not sure how one pursues karma at the expense of quality or clarity—don’t unclear or low-quality posts get downvoted enough?
I should probably have been less specific about who gets to promote things—“site founders” or “a few designated site ambassadors” is mostly what I was thinking, not “anyone who collects enough karma”.
If that’s the case then I misunderstood you.
I’m not sure how one pursues karma at the expense of quality or clarity
By posting far too often, with the hope that posts will get upvoted more than they get downvoted.
I’d like to go further and get rid of the distinction between main/promoted, main, and discussion (I’d probably keep open threads, though). Just post articles, let them get voted up or down based on whatever “the community” wants to see, and allow a few high-karma individuals to promote things they want to see on “the front page” as our face to newbies or casual readers.
Among other things, that would discourage highly-skilled newcomers from posting anything, and it would encourage people to pursue karma at the expense of quality or clarity (just look at Lumifer’s posts).
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How would this discourage posting? Seems like it would make it easier for high-quality posts to get promoted (because they’re posted with the same bar as discussion has today, and can get selected for promotion directly from there).
I should probably have been less specific about who gets to promote things—“site founders” or “a few designated site ambassadors” is mostly what I was thinking, not “anyone who collects enough karma”. I’m not sure how one pursues karma at the expense of quality or clarity—don’t unclear or low-quality posts get downvoted enough?
If that’s the case then I misunderstood you.
By posting far too often, with the hope that posts will get upvoted more than they get downvoted.