Re:Confessions of a Reddit Karma Whore
by jakear on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:10AM
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That would be interesting. Might have to add it to the backlog of “cool things to look into implementing”. My main concern is if it would increase the echo-chamberyness of social media.
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Re:Confessions of a Reddit Karma Whore
by davidivadavid on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:23AM
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It definitely would, but I don't feel concerned about it. I think it's an overrated "problem" that misunderstands what people fundamentally want (better ways of building tight communities online).
The main problem I see with echo-chambers today is the culture war type of thing. I think there could be interesting solutions to that: based on the karma "distance", build clusters and adapt network topology so that you can only discover clusters that are at a finite distance. Minimize risks of conflict while letting people explore "fringe" ideas (for them).