The Karma on shortform posts (not the comments) strikes me as a bit awkward; as it’s basically a popularity contest. I imagine removing Karma on shortform posts could be pretty sensible.
If you need to replace it, one option could just be a sum of the karma of the top-level comments by that user on that post.
That seems plausible. (And I think it became a bit pronounced recently in a way that updates how worried I am about it)
We’re currently planning to remove short form posts themselves from the main post lists though (replacing that with other ways to engage with shortform) which may fix some of the problem though.
Quick thought (not about the name)
The Karma on shortform posts (not the comments) strikes me as a bit awkward; as it’s basically a popularity contest. I imagine removing Karma on shortform posts could be pretty sensible.
If you need to replace it, one option could just be a sum of the karma of the top-level comments by that user on that post.
That seems plausible. (And I think it became a bit pronounced recently in a way that updates how worried I am about it)
We’re currently planning to remove short form posts themselves from the main post lists though (replacing that with other ways to engage with shortform) which may fix some of the problem though.