POLL: Karma system

[Collin Li]

This issue was raised recently.

Vote here.

The replacement in mind is a Digg-like system where you "thumbs-up" or "thumbs-down" individual posts, rather than the user. Any other suggestions are welcome.

[costargh]

Its purpose has been lost.
Digg system seems good.

[xox.happy1.xox]

I don't personally hate the karma system, hence my no vote. I think it's better to just karma the person rather than the post. Most of the posts will be forgotten, which may then render a new system useless. Or perhaps we can have no system at all. But personally, I like the karma system; however, many tend to abuse it for absurd reasons.

[ninwa]

I like the idea of a Digg system. Maybe to keep the karma side of it you could have it so someone with 10 + diggs would get 1 karma? or something?

[mark_alec]

• Yes, with no replacement

[BA22]

The same thing would happen though, wouldn't it?

This sort of thing will be open to abuse

[ninwa]

true ...

I changed my vote to no replacement

[excal]

Digg-like systems are more for entire threads, rather than comments inside.

You're probably referring to a YouTube-esque comment system, where bad posts are hidden with a clickable link to make visible if needed. You could probably make do with no hiding, just the 'thumbs up' / 'thumbs down' count.

[Voltman]

But, what if you are a VN member who has a large amount of positive karma. Will they be able to convert those to the thumbs-up/thumbs-down or does everybody start fresh at zero thumbs-up/thumbs-down?

And how do we know that this system does not become exposed to abuse also?

[costargh]

I changed my vote to Yes with no replacement

[Mao]

lets just get rid of it altogether...

[psychlaw]

lets keep it

[*Roxxii*]

ii think either keep it or get rid of it altogether.
I don't see much point in trying to replace it

[Flaming_Arrow]

keep it

[AppleThief]

When you + karma, you generally are praising the post...it just gets added to their profile.