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View submission: Karma experiment
Thanks for the feedback. This is definitely something we'll be watching for. We are starting with an experiment in hopes that this will elevate good content. We're excited to see what the results are.
Comment by preludeoflight at 06/07/2020 at 18:40 UTC
105 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I also worry that it effectively becomes a "pay for upvote". A user could then (with an alt, or through friends) "game" the system by purchasing lots of pseudo votes, which drastically goes against the 1-vote-per-user system that reddit was built on.
Comment by Meloetta at 06/07/2020 at 20:26 UTC
24 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Can you expand on how this will elevate content? I don't understand how a comment is "elevated" by awards, since they are not considered in the ranking process.
This post is all about how this is good for reddit because it makes you more money, and I get it. But I don't understand how it actually elevates anything -- I certainly have never looked at a mess of awards and felt anything other than annoyance.
Comment by eaglebtc at 06/07/2020 at 19:53 UTC
22 upvotes, 1 direct replies
There's that talking point again: "in hopes that this will elevate good content." Someone must have said it a lot in staff meetings.
Does no one at Reddit get paid to research, theorize, and present contrasting ideas on how new features will be abused ?
Comment by Mokumer at 06/07/2020 at 20:29 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It will be counter productive, one can see that from miles away.
Comment by philipwhiuk at 06/07/2020 at 21:17 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
How can you guarantee it’ll be caught before the experiment is over
Comment by SpinToWin360 at 06/07/2020 at 20:01 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If awards and karma don’t change ranking, what specifically is this “elevation” of which you speak?
Comment by Eric_the_Barbarian at 07/07/2020 at 01:00 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It will elevate content that pays-to-win.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/07/2020 at 17:17 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Serious question my man - Do y'all actually *use* Reddit? Because everybody I know who does figured out that "highest upvoted" rarely correlates with "best content" years ago, and yet in this experiment you seem to be totally oblivious of that reality.
Or is it that you know and simply don't care because it's some high level exec's cockamamie revenue idea?