Re:Designing Social Systems Without Causing Depression and War
by JepZ on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:06AM
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Well, you are right about the hive mind and the popularity contest and I don't know how to solve those things easily. But what I like about the system is that it reduces negativity (to some extend). So many internet discussions are full of nonconstructive, negative criticism that I am happy that the Karma system tries to hide such comments. But obviously it has its own problems :-/
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Re:Designing Social Systems Without Causing Depression and War
by js8 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:28AM
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I agree with the parent, I had the same experience, the comments I believe are interesting opinions are only moderately upvoted, while silly jokes get upvoted much more. And especially I don't like when people downvote without leaving comment (contrary argument). If you agree it's obvious why, if you disagree then it's not.
I think the Slashdot system was an interesting one, it had also labels, so there was a difference between "+5 Insightful" and "+5 Funny". It also provided some feedback while downvoting. I think having moderation labels instead of plain points would help moderation.
Actually, users could then customize point cost for each of the labels, so they could see the page differently.