There are some viral posts (including on community drama) where (half of) everything gets unusually highly upvoted, compared to normal. So the inclination I get is to recalibrate thresholds according to post’s popularity and the current year, to count fewer such comments (that’s too messy, isn’t worth it, but other things should be robust to this effect). This is why I specifically proposed number of 15+ Karma comments, not their total Karma. Also, the total number still counts as some sort of “total contribution” as opposed to the less savory “user quality”.
There are some viral posts (including on community drama) where (half of) everything gets unusually highly upvoted, compared to normal. So the inclination I get is to recalibrate thresholds according to post’s popularity and the current year, to count fewer such comments (that’s too messy, isn’t worth it, but other things should be robust to this effect). This is why I specifically proposed number of 15+ Karma comments, not their total Karma. Also, the total number still counts as some sort of “total contribution” as opposed to the less savory “user quality”.