But posts are times-10 on the main forum—a −8 post there will take someone from +20 to −60, and it’s easy for an enthusiastic newbie to make an error of that magnitude (-8 is not very negative by LW standards). And +20 is easy to reach with a couple good quotes in a quotesthread and a week or two of non-idiotic comments.
I think there are two different conversations going on here—you’re talking about a karma threshold that would be good for humans, and they’re talking about a karma threshold that would be good for bot prevention.
I have no problem with people doing this. It’s the bots that I want to discourage, so I think Emile’s proposal is good.
But posts are times-10 on the main forum—a −8 post there will take someone from +20 to −60, and it’s easy for an enthusiastic newbie to make an error of that magnitude (-8 is not very negative by LW standards). And +20 is easy to reach with a couple good quotes in a quotesthread and a week or two of non-idiotic comments.
I think there are two different conversations going on here—you’re talking about a karma threshold that would be good for humans, and they’re talking about a karma threshold that would be good for bot prevention.
Though if the thresholds are going to be changed, it’s probably easier to do it all at once.
That was my thought process—if you’re changing it, you should change it to the correct numbers, and I like 20⁄100.
You’re right, of course. So is luminosity.