I’m not sure I like the two categories of voting—a change in this area will change the existing status dynamics, to which my brain is already accustomed.
Why oh why can’t we have a way of bringing information that would be good for people to see into their view without turning the underlying system into “status dynamics”? :( I don’t care that karma is currently descriptively status, let’s figure out what we want to do, then how to implement it so the useful behavior doesn’t get hijacked by the status parasite.
Edit: Here’s what I want, off-the-cuff: I want a classifier for posts that buckets them into “definitely not worth anyone’s time”, “friggin’ awesome and everyone on LW and probably elsewhere should read this”, and “the rest”. I would like a classifier for comments that buckets them into “troll or hopeless”, “important part of the conversation”, “practically a required addendum to the post”, and “the rest”. I would like another classifier for comments that buckets them into “hilarious or otherwise worth reading”, “may cause loss of brain cells by reading”, and “the rest”. I would like a way to tell the author of a post or a comment “you are awesome”. I would like a way to tell the potential readers of a post or a comment “you will find this an important part of the conversation” or “you do not need to read this”. I would like a way to tell the potential readers of a post or comment “this is hilarious or awesome” or “this is distasteful”. I would not like these things to be conflated.
Why oh why can’t we have a way of bringing information that would be good for people to see into their view without turning the underlying system into “status dynamics”? :( I don’t care that karma is currently descriptively status, let’s figure out what we want to do, then how to implement it so the useful behavior doesn’t get hijacked by the status parasite.
Edit: Here’s what I want, off-the-cuff: I want a classifier for posts that buckets them into “definitely not worth anyone’s time”, “friggin’ awesome and everyone on LW and probably elsewhere should read this”, and “the rest”. I would like a classifier for comments that buckets them into “troll or hopeless”, “important part of the conversation”, “practically a required addendum to the post”, and “the rest”. I would like another classifier for comments that buckets them into “hilarious or otherwise worth reading”, “may cause loss of brain cells by reading”, and “the rest”. I would like a way to tell the author of a post or a comment “you are awesome”. I would like a way to tell the potential readers of a post or a comment “you will find this an important part of the conversation” or “you do not need to read this”. I would like a way to tell the potential readers of a post or comment “this is hilarious or awesome” or “this is distasteful”. I would not like these things to be conflated.
How about typing the words “You are awesome”?