If you remove votes by people below a karma cutoff, then the people who have karma control access to karma. I don’t really think it would be a problem here; but I have seen that same mechanism wreak havoc on a different electronic community.
I thought his suggestion was about being able to analyze poll data with various karma levels. That makes a lot of sense if you want to know what people with varying participation in LW think.
Could we get polls, and an easy way to analyze the poll data? e.g. remove anonymous votes. Remove votes by people below a karma cutoff, etc.
If you remove votes by people below a karma cutoff, then the people who have karma control access to karma. I don’t really think it would be a problem here; but I have seen that same mechanism wreak havoc on a different electronic community.
Karma mechanisms are always under attack and need constant policing and tweaking. They are worth it, but that is their cost.
I thought his suggestion was about being able to analyze poll data with various karma levels. That makes a lot of sense if you want to know what people with varying participation in LW think.