I’d be fine with that. I feel a bit silly repeating the same arguments, but we’re supposed to be striving to be, like, the most rational humans as a community, yet the social feedback system we are using was chosen … because it came packaged with Reddit and Reddit is what was chosen as the LessWrong platform because it was the hot thing of its day. There was no clever Quirrell-esque design behind our karma system designed to bring out the best in us or protect us from the worst in us. It’s a relic. Let’s be rid of it.
I’d be fine with that. I feel a bit silly repeating the same arguments, but we’re supposed to be striving to be, like, the most rational humans as a community, yet the social feedback system we are using was chosen … because it came packaged with Reddit and Reddit is what was chosen as the LessWrong platform because it was the hot thing of its day. There was no clever Quirrell-esque design behind our karma system designed to bring out the best in us or protect us from the worst in us. It’s a relic. Let’s be rid of it.
No Karma 2014