Thirded. This entire “Karma = Trust” nonsense is a really glaring design flaw that seems to be getting propagated forward into future plans and features.
Karma measures time and investment into the site, but not trust. Conflating the two is very dangerous.
My expectation is that it will work well-enough, though not perfectly, and that we will probably improve the karma systems in a bunch of different ways over time. StackExchange similarly gives you moderation and editing power as you reach a certain amount of karma, which you mostly get by just being active and hanging around, and their system is working reasonably well.
Thirded. This entire “Karma = Trust” nonsense is a really glaring design flaw that seems to be getting propagated forward into future plans and features.
Karma measures time and investment into the site, but not trust. Conflating the two is very dangerous.
My expectation is that it will work well-enough, though not perfectly, and that we will probably improve the karma systems in a bunch of different ways over time. StackExchange similarly gives you moderation and editing power as you reach a certain amount of karma, which you mostly get by just being active and hanging around, and their system is working reasonably well.