Comment by Kevin2GO on 06/07/2020 at 19:02 UTC

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View submission: Karma experiment

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well at least they wont change the ranking of awarded comments or posts, so except for them technically buying karma (which is useless anyways) i don't see the problem with that

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Comment by preludeoflight at 06/07/2020 at 19:24 UTC

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That's true, but there is more value than just changing rankings. Otherwise non-worthwhile submissions often gain traction due to awards (which is another long-standing gripe of mine: awards should at least be hidden as long as scores are.) But giving karma chasers more value for awards certainly won't curb that.

Comment by billytheskidd at 06/07/2020 at 19:31 UTC

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Don’t awards currently influence ranking? Like if two comments have a 100 upvotes, but one of them has two awards, won’t it be ranked higher?