My biggest present concern with LessWrong as a community is the Karma system, which is not only one-dimensional, but not even a specific axis. I don’t mind one-dimensional praise, but I hate inarticulate criticism. Deeply awful feeling. I always try to give my best effort, you know?
I share this concern, but am also at a loss for what might be better. I thought, briefly, of Slashdot’s system where there are various reasons for upvotes (funny, insightful, etc), but that always turned out to be a bit messy.
I’ve suggested before that when someone downvotes it might prompt to enter a reason, which is what I’m more curious about.
I’ve also wondered before if I could get admin feedback on why something wasn’t (or was) Frontpaged. But, as if they were reading my mind, that feature like that launched this week. :)
I share this concern, but am also at a loss for what might be better. I thought, briefly, of Slashdot’s system where there are various reasons for upvotes (funny, insightful, etc), but that always turned out to be a bit messy.
I’ve suggested before that when someone downvotes it might prompt to enter a reason, which is what I’m more curious about.
I’ve also wondered before if I could get admin feedback on why something wasn’t (or was) Frontpaged. But, as if they were reading my mind, that feature like that launched this week. :)