Timeline for If more users could vote, would they engage more? Testing 1 reputation voting on some sites
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| Sep 21, 2023 at 22:24 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | Some sites actually have more permissive policies than the standard - for example some set rep required for meta participation to 1 (vs. 5). This project won't lead to the site settings for reputation required to up- and down-vote being removed and all sites being hard coded into the same bucket. While I think most sites fall into one category, I'd estimate 10-20% need overrides. The added benefit of this system is that we can determine a network default that works for most but override the sites that need it. | |
| Sep 21, 2023 at 22:06 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | Like the answer Rand wrote warning us about selection bias, you give a specific example of a site that would need special treatment, which is a useful reminder, too. There are a few sites like Politics that need additional barriers to participation - and many of them already do. This is because our privilege system and other site settings are rarely hard-coded. For example, while most sites allow users to create unregistered accounts, Politics does not. CMs often adjust these settings as-needed by request of sites. | |
| Sep 21, 2023 at 17:58 | comment | added | zcoop98 | I really like this callout; it sounds important to recognize not just the impact of the change on existing members of the communities and individual bad actors, but also larger-scale "raid"-style attacks as well... it's way easier for (e.g.) a swarm of folks on Reddit to dogpile voting on content here without the rep-based vote limits in place... Maybe we'll need protected questions to also block out low-rep votes, as well as answers. | |
| Sep 21, 2023 at 8:19 | comment | added | This_is_NOT_a_forum | Re "it will devolve into Propaganda.SE": Yes, just look at YouTube comments (it doesn't matter what the subject is (if the video or channel has a significant number of views)). | |
| Sep 21, 2023 at 0:47 | history | answered | bta | CC BY-SA 4.0 |