Are there actually any “Karma hoarders”? I’ve never encountered such behaviour, and it seems like all the people with a large amount of karma have gained it honestly.
Good point. Since karma is gained by making constructive and insightful posts, any “exploit” that let one generate a lot of karma in a short time would either be quickly reversed or result in the “karma hoarder” becoming a very helpful member of the community.
I think this post is more a warning that you may lose karma from making such polls, though since it’s possible to gain or lose hundreds of points by making a post to the main page this seems irrelevant.
Are there actually any “Karma hoarders”? I’ve never encountered such behaviour, and it seems like all the people with a large amount of karma have gained it honestly.
Good point. Since karma is gained by making constructive and insightful posts, any “exploit” that let one generate a lot of karma in a short time would either be quickly reversed or result in the “karma hoarder” becoming a very helpful member of the community. I think this post is more a warning that you may lose karma from making such polls, though since it’s possible to gain or lose hundreds of points by making a post to the main page this seems irrelevant.
http://xkcd.com/810/ is VERY RELEVANT.