I think people perceive different types of vote systems fairly differently. I’m actually talking about bigger changes than you’re probably thinking of.
If I wanted to incentivize voters to “vote their true beliefs without regard for the rest of social consensus” (what Wakalix seems to be describing, and which I think is orthogonal to the set of things you’re talking about – you’re pointing at what posting behavior the votes should incentivize, and I think Wakalix is talking more about voting behavior), I would:
a) hide the karma before they vote
b) use something closer to a 1-5 star rating system (not precisely that, but closer). I think this would dramatically change the relationship with voting, and would much more naturally output the the voting behavior that Wakalix describes.
I think people perceive different types of vote systems fairly differently. I’m actually talking about bigger changes than you’re probably thinking of.
If I wanted to incentivize voters to “vote their true beliefs without regard for the rest of social consensus” (what Wakalix seems to be describing, and which I think is orthogonal to the set of things you’re talking about – you’re pointing at what posting behavior the votes should incentivize, and I think Wakalix is talking more about voting behavior), I would:
a) hide the karma before they vote
b) use something closer to a 1-5 star rating system (not precisely that, but closer). I think this would dramatically change the relationship with voting, and would much more naturally output the the voting behavior that Wakalix describes.