An unexpected consequence of this change is that upvoting thomblake now has benefits (he can downvote more) that don’t correlate to the quality of his posting. While this will give him a (weak) incentive to produce better comments, it’ll also encourage me to upvote him more, reducing the quality-signalling function of his karma.
An unexpected consequence of this change is that upvoting thomblake now has benefits (he can downvote more) that don’t correlate to the quality of his posting. While this will give him a (weak) incentive to produce better comments, it’ll also encourage me to upvote him more, reducing the quality-signalling function of his karma.
It’s nice to hear that my tendency to downvote heavily is so valued.