On StackExchange sites, downvoting costs you karma—so it’s not a conserved Karma currency, but it’s still a use of Karma to prevent unwanted behaviors.
This is an interesting idea. The main qualm I have is with spam- am I going to spend my precious karma on hiding jewelry advertisements?- but otherwise it seems the right disincentive for being critical.
Well, ideally if a moderator deleted your comment as spam you’d get your karma back; or maybe downvoting shouldn’t be used as a way to deal with spam (there is a “report” button for that).
Down-voting contributes to site negativity, bad vibes, etc. On the other hand you don’t want to discourage users from interacting and providing feedback too much. It would be interesting to learn more about where the sweet spot here lies.
On StackExchange sites, downvoting costs you karma—so it’s not a conserved Karma currency, but it’s still a use of Karma to prevent unwanted behaviors.
I would get a lot of pleasure out of spending my karma to penalise stupidity. Let me at them. :D
This is an interesting idea. The main qualm I have is with spam- am I going to spend my precious karma on hiding jewelry advertisements?- but otherwise it seems the right disincentive for being critical.
Well, ideally if a moderator deleted your comment as spam you’d get your karma back; or maybe downvoting shouldn’t be used as a way to deal with spam (there is a “report” button for that).
Down-voting contributes to site negativity, bad vibes, etc. On the other hand you don’t want to discourage users from interacting and providing feedback too much. It would be interesting to learn more about where the sweet spot here lies.