I'm not suggesting we eradicate karma. Karma is a fine way to credit quality submissions and comments. Karma is not the problem, but rather a person's desire to accumulate lots of karma is.
I'm putting the burden on the users to evaluate their motives and to make sure that what they are submitting will really contribute to the community, not for the sole purpose of fueling their karma fetish.
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Sorry about it changing. I have a very iterative approach to writing.
Are there any non-karma approaches to news sites that work well?
The two that I know of are:
I'm not suggesting we eradicate karma. Karma is a fine way to credit quality submissions and comments. Karma is not the problem, but rather a person's desire to accumulate lots of karma is.
I'm putting the burden on the users to evaluate their motives and to make sure that what they are submitting will really contribute to the community, not for the sole purpose of fueling their karma fetish.