(ES: conjecture and what I remember from other people discussing karma.)
They’re trying to be more selective in deciding who has moderation power than “old and active users,” since this has multiple failure modes. LW1 died due to a feedback loop of decreasing quality, and we should design LW2 to avoid this failure mode.
(ES: conjecture and what I remember from other people discussing karma.)
They’re trying to be more selective in deciding who has moderation power than “old and active users,” since this has multiple failure modes. LW1 died due to a feedback loop of decreasing quality, and we should design LW2 to avoid this failure mode.