I didn't see it as such, more as an interesting conversation :-)
But won't you have the problem that Reddit seems to suffer from, namely that some users will downmod all other rising stories than their own? Maybe even bother to create multiple accounts for doing so?
And I agree, the above alone won't solve Reddits problems. But if someone with a bit of algorithmic sense had the dataset to look at I think that it should be possible to come up with a pretty good solution. Probably one using a multitude of technologies, of which the above may be some.
> ... namely that some users will downmod all other rising stories than their own?
Reddit's new "create your own subreddit" can have moderators that can ban users, or make it private with invites. Maybe what you'll get is something similar to flickr groups. "You contribute great stories and provide insightful comments, please come join us in our private subreddit."
This probably leads to other problems...
> Probably one using a multitude of technologies, of which the above may be some.
While I agree that stopping spammers from hitting the front page would be a great addition to any social news sites, I'd hate to see the other, not so popular uses, of these sites suffer as a result of combative strategies.
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I'm not attacking you by any means, just the common misconception that any one of these 5 things will solve reddit's problems.
I'm quite familiar with Slashdot, thanks. My point about not being able to rate things without karma is more about links than comments though.
I didn't see it as such, more as an interesting conversation :-)
But won't you have the problem that Reddit seems to suffer from, namely that some users will downmod all other rising stories than their own? Maybe even bother to create multiple accounts for doing so?
And I agree, the above alone won't solve Reddits problems. But if someone with a bit of algorithmic sense had the dataset to look at I think that it should be possible to come up with a pretty good solution. Probably one using a multitude of technologies, of which the above may be some.
> ... namely that some users will downmod all other rising stories than their own?
Reddit's new "create your own subreddit" can have moderators that can ban users, or make it private with invites. Maybe what you'll get is something similar to flickr groups. "You contribute great stories and provide insightful comments, please come join us in our private subreddit."
This probably leads to other problems...
> Probably one using a multitude of technologies, of which the above may be some.
While I agree that stopping spammers from hitting the front page would be a great addition to any social news sites, I'd hate to see the other, not so popular uses, of these sites suffer as a result of combative strategies.