> ... 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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> ... 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.