For what it’s worth, I bid for the review prizes to be based off of people voting for which reviews were useful. The alternatives, and why I think they’re worse:
Karma mixes “I found this review useful” and “I already agree with this review but am glad somebody said it”, which can reward things which everybody already knew (but I guess both components are important).
Moderator’s picks have the problem that moderators suffer from the curse of knowledge, and may not be in touch with what’s useful for the average voter.
Hopefully it’s different if you explicitly say “vote for helpful reviews, not just reviews that you agree with”, or if you have one button for “I agree with this review” and a different button for “This review was helpful for my assessment of the post” (and it’s possible to select both buttons).
For what it’s worth, I bid for the review prizes to be based off of people voting for which reviews were useful. The alternatives, and why I think they’re worse:
Karma mixes “I found this review useful” and “I already agree with this review but am glad somebody said it”, which can reward things which everybody already knew (but I guess both components are important).
Moderator’s picks have the problem that moderators suffer from the curse of knowledge, and may not be in touch with what’s useful for the average voter.
I’m a bit worried that if you let users vote on reviews, you’ll mostly get something identical to karma.
Hopefully it’s different if you explicitly say “vote for helpful reviews, not just reviews that you agree with”, or if you have one button for “I agree with this review” and a different button for “This review was helpful for my assessment of the post” (and it’s possible to select both buttons).
Mmm, interesting point.