Proposal 1 sidesteps the karma system mechanism too much. It wouldn’t really encourage me to post more, and I don’t think it’ll improve quality beyond what a Discussion section would do.
Proposal 2 really doesn’t address present lurkers’ reluctance to comment. I would instead suggest all users get a small initial karma buffer that will absorb top post and comment downvotes. How that would work in conjuction with the top-post karma requirement, I’m not sure. The idea is to allow users to hide bad comments, give commenters a chance to integrate feedback, but still punish those who would use the “gimme’s” as a chance for abuse.
I have high hopes for the discussion section—AT LEAST make sure to put in a plug for it in the not-logged-in welcome message. Having a smaller environment to practice, test out ideas, and get feedback would be great.
I hope people will just go ahead and ask, “Hey, if I invested more time thinking about this, do you think it would make a good post?”
Proposal 1 sidesteps the karma system mechanism too much. It wouldn’t really encourage me to post more, and I don’t think it’ll improve quality beyond what a Discussion section would do.
Proposal 2 really doesn’t address present lurkers’ reluctance to comment. I would instead suggest all users get a small initial karma buffer that will absorb top post and comment downvotes. How that would work in conjuction with the top-post karma requirement, I’m not sure. The idea is to allow users to hide bad comments, give commenters a chance to integrate feedback, but still punish those who would use the “gimme’s” as a chance for abuse.
I have high hopes for the discussion section—AT LEAST make sure to put in a plug for it in the not-logged-in welcome message. Having a smaller environment to practice, test out ideas, and get feedback would be great.
I hope people will just go ahead and ask, “Hey, if I invested more time thinking about this, do you think it would make a good post?”