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View submission: Why not have a downvoting tax?
It would be too difficult to build a system that would not be gamed. Let's say that a negative rating costs two of your points. You see people post opinions that you disagree with or facts that you dislike, so you mash the dislike button and run out of points. how do you get more? There would have to be a way. Maybe people can give positive points for free. Well, then people will post in give me points threads to get free points so they can continue negative rating forever.
Okay, maybe people need to buy points. Well, then we have a problem of reduced engagement because no one wants to spend to neg rate except lunatics.
What if we had free daily points? This leads to the same problem as the free points. At some point, the cost of negative rates is insignificant because the accumulated points are so high.
The best solution might be to publicize voting records. Either show who is negative voting specific posts or make the number of negative vote a person has given public. Even that would only work if people have shame, which redditors lack.
Comment by EmynMuilTrailGuide at 06/12/2024 at 03:01 UTC
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Locks keep honest people honest. There will always be these extreme outliers. Such people are do not participate in useful conversation. Fine. Let them game the system. Let them have the #1 - #1000 spots for the most karma. But they won't be screwing up the subs of thoughtful content.