I think looking at the median is generally better than the mean. I don’t think a single highly downvoted message should trigger rate limits even if it turns the mean under 0.
I’m not sure median is great either, but I agree with the point of “one highly downvoted comment shouldn’t trigger it, and shouldn’t be that hard to dig yourself out of”.
I think the right function probably looks at number of net-downvoted comments, neutral comments, and comments that gained 2+ karma or something, and triggers based on the ratio.
I used the term message above as hypernym for post/question/comment/shortform. Do you think that it should focus on comments or are you also thinking that all types of messages should count.
Maybe the function should be “median of last X messages that don’t have neutral karma”?
I meant to be using ‘comment’ also as a more generic term, sorry for confusion. (I do think there are important differences between comments and posts, though, so I wouldn’t necessarily treat them interchangeably here)
That’s true. My main concern is really the amount of power this places in ordinary users’ hands to suppress the activity of other users, and your point here emphasizes just how much power that really is.
Note: they can’t do this if ending the rate limit requires positive karma, which is why the threshold is more like +.5 karma per comment than 0.
I think looking at the median is generally better than the mean. I don’t think a single highly downvoted message should trigger rate limits even if it turns the mean under 0.
I’m not sure median is great either, but I agree with the point of “one highly downvoted comment shouldn’t trigger it, and shouldn’t be that hard to dig yourself out of”.
I think the right function probably looks at number of net-downvoted comments, neutral comments, and comments that gained 2+ karma or something, and triggers based on the ratio.
I used the term message above as hypernym for post/question/comment/shortform. Do you think that it should focus on comments or are you also thinking that all types of messages should count.
Maybe the function should be “median of last X messages that don’t have neutral karma”?
I meant to be using ‘comment’ also as a more generic term, sorry for confusion. (I do think there are important differences between comments and posts, though, so I wouldn’t necessarily treat them interchangeably here)
That’s true. My main concern is really the amount of power this places in ordinary users’ hands to suppress the activity of other users, and your point here emphasizes just how much power that really is.