xamdam comments on Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: xamdam 30 July 2010 06:21:24PM *  3 points [-]

Significantly raise the minimum karma level.

Another technical solution. Not trivial to implement, but also contains significant side benefits.

  • Find some subset of sequences and other highly ranked posts that are "super-core" and has large consensus not just in karma, but also in agreement by high-karma members (say top ten).
  • Create a multiple choice test and implement it online, which is external technologies exist for already I am sure.

Some karma + passing test gets top posting privileges.

I have to confess I abused my newly acquired posting privileges and probably diluted the site's value with a couple of posts. Thank goodness they were rather short :). I took the hint though and took to participating in the comment discussion and reading sequences until I am ready to contribute at a higher level.