That’s an awesome idea. Maybe amend it to “downvote spam, otherwise vote everything toward 0” so a minority of politically-motivated voters can’t spoil the game for everyone else?
In addition to my other comment, I think it will be hard to enforce a voting norm that is so inconsistent with the voting norms on the rest of the site.
Disagree, there are successful instances of using karma in ways inconsistent with the rest of the site.
The most important counterexample here is Will Newsome’s Irrationality Game post, where voting norms were reversed: the weirdest/most irrational beliefs were upvoted the most, and the most sensible/agreeable beliefs were downvoted into invisibility. Many of the comments in that thread, especially the highest-voted, have disclaimers indicating that they operate according to a different voting metric. There is no obvious indication that anyone was confused or malicious with regard to the changed local norm.
That’s an awesome idea. Maybe amend it to “downvote spam, otherwise vote everything toward 0” so a minority of politically-motivated voters can’t spoil the game for everyone else?
In addition to my other comment, I think it will be hard to enforce a voting norm that is so inconsistent with the voting norms on the rest of the site.
Disagree, there are successful instances of using karma in ways inconsistent with the rest of the site.
The most important counterexample here is Will Newsome’s Irrationality Game post, where voting norms were reversed: the weirdest/most irrational beliefs were upvoted the most, and the most sensible/agreeable beliefs were downvoted into invisibility. Many of the comments in that thread, especially the highest-voted, have disclaimers indicating that they operate according to a different voting metric. There is no obvious indication that anyone was confused or malicious with regard to the changed local norm.
Hmm. I like the idea that expressing an idea well is rewarded, which your suggestion doesn’t allow. Trying to figure out how to decide between them.