I’d prefer my comments to be judged simply by their content rather than have people’s interpretation coloured by some badge. Presumably, the change is a part of trying to avoid death-by-pacifism, during an influx of users post-ChatGPT. I don’t disagree with the motivation behind the change, I just dislike the change itself. I don’t like being a second-class citizen. It’s unfun. Karma is fun, “this user is below an arbitrary karma threshold” badges are not.
A badge placed on all new users for a set time would be fair. A badge placed on users with more than a certain amount of Karma could be fun. Current badge seems unfun—but perhaps I’m alone in thinking this.
The way to demonstrate that you know what you are talking about is to write content that other users upvote.
Registration date doesn’t tell us much about whether a user knows what they are talking about.
I’d prefer my comments to be judged simply by their content rather than have people’s interpretation coloured by some badge. Presumably, the change is a part of trying to avoid death-by-pacifism, during an influx of users post-ChatGPT. I don’t disagree with the motivation behind the change, I just dislike the change itself. I don’t like being a second-class citizen. It’s unfun. Karma is fun, “this user is below an arbitrary karma threshold” badges are not.
A badge placed on all new users for a set time would be fair. A badge placed on users with more than a certain amount of Karma could be fun. Current badge seems unfun—but perhaps I’m alone in thinking this.