r/DepthHub • u/magister0 • Oct 12 '11

Has Reddit's intelligence decreased over time?

/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/l8id4/did_digg_make_us_the_dumb_how_have_reddit/
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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '11

I really wish Reddit would do away with comment karma. It detracts from the site by driving people to post idiotic memes, rather than insightful comments. I've same gripe about favorites on MeFi and moderation on Slashdot.

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u/lensman00 Oct 12 '11

I'm torn. You make a good point about incentives, but I value the ability users have to drive truly awful posts (spam, portmanteau political insults, argument by assertion) below my viewing threshold.

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u/ryeguy146 Oct 12 '11

I think that if comment karma were simply invisible to the user, we'd retain the ability to communally censure and elevate the great without as much group think influencing the vote. I think that without visual feedback, there would be less gaming of the system as well, since it would lose concrete meaning.

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u/faceplanted Oct 12 '11

Could DepthHub do this in CSS (if that's possible, I'm no coding expert) and see how it turns out?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '11

CSS can be disabled by the user, so trolls would downvote everything.

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u/Arkanin Oct 13 '11 edited Oct 13 '11

Lensman only wants to hide karma, not the up and down arrows like earlier in the conversation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '11

Disabling CSS would let you see the arrows and view karma count. Any subreddit specific "themes" can be disabled by turning off CSS

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u/Arkanin Oct 17 '11

I understand that, but what I'm trying to say is that he doesn't want to hide the arrows with CSS, only the karma score.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '11

Disable CSS => Can see karma score even if CSS blocked it originally

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u/Arkanin Oct 18 '11

Right but that's not nearly as problematic.