This could get messy quickly though, I could generate infinite karma by giving everyone who upvotes this 5 karma. We probably need a lot of rules.
As it stands, we should assume that nobody’s trying to maliciously game karma. Sockpuppetry is already an option for that, so unless we start limiting upvotes somehow there’s no reason to fix that problem.
What? No, you would lose 4 karma every time you did that (+1 from the upvote; −5 from the transfer). The karma transfers are zero-sum. Though, you could give half the people who upvote this 1 karma and come out ahead.
Oh. Yeah. You’re right. I guess we should have a rule that karma transfers should be zero-sum, and you shouldn’t upvote a post unless you actually like that particular post.
This could get messy quickly though, I could generate infinite karma by giving everyone who upvotes this 5 karma. We probably need a lot of rules.
As it stands, we should assume that nobody’s trying to maliciously game karma. Sockpuppetry is already an option for that, so unless we start limiting upvotes somehow there’s no reason to fix that problem.
What? No, you would lose 4 karma every time you did that (+1 from the upvote; −5 from the transfer). The karma transfers are zero-sum. Though, you could give half the people who upvote this 1 karma and come out ahead.
I was reading “this” as “this post”—one upvote is worth 10 karma, so that’s +5 for each of them.
Yes, “this” meant the post, not the comment.
Oh. Yeah. That makes a lot more sense. Sorry.
He could give them karma by upvoting their comments. No-one’s suggesting a finite amount of karma.
Oh. Yeah. You’re right. I guess we should have a rule that karma transfers should be zero-sum, and you shouldn’t upvote a post unless you actually like that particular post.