I’m not sure it makes sense to put much effort into this kind of gamification. Karma, voting, reactions, etc. are all cost-free, and therefore very weak signals.
It means different things to different people, and it’s so cheap that it’s hard to imagine that a change in text or mechanism will radically change it’s use (though tweaks may be able to moderately reframe things).
As long as voting has the general effect of increasing a sense of involvement, even for those who don’t post/comment, it’s probably worth keeping.
I’m not sure it makes sense to put much effort into this kind of gamification. Karma, voting, reactions, etc. are all cost-free, and therefore very weak signals.
It means different things to different people, and it’s so cheap that it’s hard to imagine that a change in text or mechanism will radically change it’s use (though tweaks may be able to moderately reframe things).
As long as voting has the general effect of increasing a sense of involvement, even for those who don’t post/comment, it’s probably worth keeping.