What effect do down votes have on karma? For instance, before writing this I’m at 19 points. This post should then, I think, put me at 20. But if people believe (arguably correctly) that this post is an attempt to game the system, will I instead of ending up at 20, end up at 17 or 15 or 3 or something?
I think blatant attempts that /admit/ they’re trying to game the system shouldn’t be voted down. After all, they help the rest of us become more aware of the different ways to game the system, and therefore help refine it to avoid such ways.
Strictly speaking, is the potential for gaming the system even really a problem? Someone who is successful in doing so gains nothing other than the ability to post, and as Kaj posted out, gaming the system is likely to be more difficult the more important the “reward” of posting is considered to be. Further, Eliezer mentioned that the free karma for posting is unintentional but low-priority, implying that people getting free karma isn’t exactly a big deal here.
I am replying to my own post here, because I’ve been fascinated how the score on this post keeps changing. It was at +1 immediately after I posted it, then dropped to −2 within seconds. The next time I checked it was at +1 and I voted it down to −1. Now its back up at +1. There may well have been intermediate ups and downs I missed. To bad I can’t see a history of the voting.
What effect do down votes have on karma? For instance, before writing this I’m at 19 points. This post should then, I think, put me at 20. But if people believe (arguably correctly) that this post is an attempt to game the system, will I instead of ending up at 20, end up at 17 or 15 or 3 or something?
Poor guy. It was a reasonable comment… I upvoted you out of sympathy.
I think blatant attempts that /admit/ they’re trying to game the system shouldn’t be voted down. After all, they help the rest of us become more aware of the different ways to game the system, and therefore help refine it to avoid such ways.
Strictly speaking, is the potential for gaming the system even really a problem? Someone who is successful in doing so gains nothing other than the ability to post, and as Kaj posted out, gaming the system is likely to be more difficult the more important the “reward” of posting is considered to be. Further, Eliezer mentioned that the free karma for posting is unintentional but low-priority, implying that people getting free karma isn’t exactly a big deal here.
Heh. No need. Even I voted it down! (It was an experiment to see if one is allowed to vote on one’s own posts. It seems we are.)
Hah! Crazy
I am replying to my own post here, because I’ve been fascinated how the score on this post keeps changing. It was at +1 immediately after I posted it, then dropped to −2 within seconds. The next time I checked it was at +1 and I voted it down to −1. Now its back up at +1. There may well have been intermediate ups and downs I missed. To bad I can’t see a history of the voting.
Fascinating. I wonder. Do people who see a ‘-1’ on a good post feel more inclined to upvote… if you have the patience...