This seems like a really bad idea. If people sacrifice karma in this fashion it will make them more invested in the proposition that the other person’s ideas are just bad in general. Since they’ve given up something (somewhat) tangible in accordance with that standard cognitive biases such as reduction of cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias could have very bad results.
Ability to destroy some amount of someone’s Karma by sacrificing some of your own.
No to a general destruction of karma. That would be nearly pointless. Especially since it is (more or less) free to downvote comments.
i would like the ability to up or downvote an individual comment more significantly that 1 karma but with a cost. Either a limitation of how often you can do it or at karma cost to self. The difference between ‘yeah, decent’ and ‘Wow! That was the most fascinating thing I read all week!’
Ability to destroy some amount of someone’s Karma by sacrificing some of your own.
This seems like a really bad idea. If people sacrifice karma in this fashion it will make them more invested in the proposition that the other person’s ideas are just bad in general. Since they’ve given up something (somewhat) tangible in accordance with that standard cognitive biases such as reduction of cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias could have very bad results.
Thanks for pointing this out. Would it make a difference if it were a temporary/reversible cancellation instead?
I could see the appeal of a rationalist text-based RPG, but please let’s not turn Less Wrong into one.
Adding game mechanics to serious endeavors seems to be a popular idea these days. One book about this is Reality is Broken, by Jane McGonigal.
What good do you think that would do?
No to a general destruction of karma. That would be nearly pointless. Especially since it is (more or less) free to downvote comments.
i would like the ability to up or downvote an individual comment more significantly that 1 karma but with a cost. Either a limitation of how often you can do it or at karma cost to self. The difference between ‘yeah, decent’ and ‘Wow! That was the most fascinating thing I read all week!’