steven0461 comments on 30 day karma - Less Wrong

10 Post author: lessdazed 24 August 2011 11:30PM

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Comment author: steven0461 25 August 2011 07:27:45PM 4 points [-]

This would be so much more useful if it were based more heavily on comments. Right now, it's just "people who made a popular top-level post in the last month", which is information you can easily find by just scanning the front page.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 26 August 2011 06:59:38AM 5 points [-]

Even though I'm the one who originally suggested weighting top-post karma more than comment karma, I've felt that 10 karma per vote for a top-level is a bit too much. Five karma would seem more appropriate, weighting top-level posts more but also giving a more realistic option to climb in ratings via comment karma alone.

I wonder if a "top 100 contributors" page, with both all-time and 30 day options, would be a good or bad idea. It might more effectively encourage participation, but also make people more addicted and possibly cause undesirable status dynamics.