It seems to me this approach would be likely to strongly favor more prolific users
That’s a very good point. I might upvote 20 out of 200 posts by a prolific user I don’t trust much, and 5 out of 5 posts by an unprolific user I highly trust. But this system would think I trust the former much more.
But then, just using averages or meduans won’t work, because if I upvoted 50 out of 50 posts from one user, and 5 out of 5 of another user, then I probably do trust the former more, even though they have the sma eaverage and median, 50 posts is a much better track record than 5 posts.
That’s a very good point. I might upvote 20 out of 200 posts by a prolific user I don’t trust much, and 5 out of 5 posts by an unprolific user I highly trust. But this system would think I trust the former much more.
But then, just using averages or meduans won’t work, because if I upvoted 50 out of 50 posts from one user, and 5 out of 5 of another user, then I probably do trust the former more, even though they have the sma eaverage and median, 50 posts is a much better track record than 5 posts.