Having a high amount of voting power basically feels like a disadvantage to me instead of a benefit, because it makes me more reluctant to exercise strong voting power. Maybe other people won’t be able to tell who voted on something, but the part of my brain that worries about this kind of thing isn’t really mollified by your data point.
Maybe as a compromise that ameliorates both of the problems I mentioned, consider capping the strong voting power of everyone at some low amount, like 5?
Good to know. (I do want to stay in explore-options and gather data mode rather than leap towards any particular solution but want you know I’m taking this pretty seriously).
I’m curious how you feel about solutions that are more in the direction of “make karma more illegible?” – possibly literally just randomizing +/- a few points?
There’s also the option of “you can upvote UP TO your max-karma, but can choose any amount”. The two reasons we didn’t go with this was that it felt like asking people to making too-granular a choice every time they voted, and didn’t let us move in the direction of eigenkarma. But it’s still one of the more obvious things to try.
I do want to stay in explore-options and gather data mode
What kind of analysis are you thinking of doing on the data that you’re gathering? I’m curious, and also pre-registration may be a good idea in situations like this to reduce bias.
I’m curious how you feel about solutions that are more in the direction of ″make karma more illegible?″ – possibly literally just randomizing +/- a few points?
Doesn’t seem like it helps as much as other possibilities and the cost seems substantial (in implementation, user education, getting used to it psychologically, maybe other unforeseen consequences).
There’s also the option of “you can upvote UP TO your max-karma, but can choose any amount”. The two reasons we didn’t go with this was that it felt like asking people to making too-granular a choice every time they voted
Having a high amount of voting power basically feels like a disadvantage to me instead of a benefit, because it makes me more reluctant to exercise strong voting power. Maybe other people won’t be able to tell who voted on something, but the part of my brain that worries about this kind of thing isn’t really mollified by your data point.
Maybe as a compromise that ameliorates both of the problems I mentioned, consider capping the strong voting power of everyone at some low amount, like 5?
Good to know. (I do want to stay in explore-options and gather data mode rather than leap towards any particular solution but want you know I’m taking this pretty seriously).
I’m curious how you feel about solutions that are more in the direction of “make karma more illegible?” – possibly literally just randomizing +/- a few points?
There’s also the option of “you can upvote UP TO your max-karma, but can choose any amount”. The two reasons we didn’t go with this was that it felt like asking people to making too-granular a choice every time they voted, and didn’t let us move in the direction of eigenkarma. But it’s still one of the more obvious things to try.
What kind of analysis are you thinking of doing on the data that you’re gathering? I’m curious, and also pre-registration may be a good idea in situations like this to reduce bias.
Doesn’t seem like it helps as much as other possibilities and the cost seems substantial (in implementation, user education, getting used to it psychologically, maybe other unforeseen consequences).
I agree with this.