The linkposts idea is interesting. I agree that it’s weird to get karma for posting linkposts for other people.
In addition, there’s also a problem where, no matter on which site you are (e.g. Reddit or Twitter or LW), native posts get much more engagement and upvotes than linkposts that require visiting an external site. But of course you also can’t just copy the content from the external site, because that would be copyright infringement.
Anyway, as per elsewhere in this thread, your linkposts suggestion has a higher chance of being seen if you also make it on Intercom.
Fwiw I just think it’s fine to get karma for sharing linkposts – you’re doing a valuable service if you’re sharing useful information. I don’t know of other forums that draw a distinction between linkposts and regular posts in terms of where they show up.
It makes sense that it feels a bit weird, but given our limited dev time I think I’d mostly recommend feeling more free to do linkposts as they currently are (marking down who the author is in the title, so people can see what’s going on)
The linkposts idea is interesting. I agree that it’s weird to get karma for posting linkposts for other people.
In addition, there’s also a problem where, no matter on which site you are (e.g. Reddit or Twitter or LW), native posts get much more engagement and upvotes than linkposts that require visiting an external site. But of course you also can’t just copy the content from the external site, because that would be copyright infringement.
Anyway, as per elsewhere in this thread, your linkposts suggestion has a higher chance of being seen if you also make it on Intercom.
Fwiw I just think it’s fine to get karma for sharing linkposts – you’re doing a valuable service if you’re sharing useful information. I don’t know of other forums that draw a distinction between linkposts and regular posts in terms of where they show up.
It makes sense that it feels a bit weird, but given our limited dev time I think I’d mostly recommend feeling more free to do linkposts as they currently are (marking down who the author is in the title, so people can see what’s going on)
My main aversion is that I don’t want them to drown out my own posts on my user page.