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Dagon comments on What is the Main/Discussion distinction, and what should it be? - Less Wrong
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I'd like to go further and get rid of the distinction between main/promoted, main, and discussion (I'd probably keep open threads, though). Just post articles, let them get voted up or down based on whatever "the community" wants to see, and allow a few high-karma individuals to promote things they want to see on "the front page" as our face to newbies or casual readers.
Among other things, that would discourage highly-skilled newcomers from posting anything, and it would encourage people to pursue karma at the expense of quality or clarity (just look at Lumifer's posts).
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How would this discourage posting? Seems like it would make it easier for high-quality posts to get promoted (because they're posted with the same bar as discussion has today, and can get selected for promotion directly from there).
I should probably have been less specific about who gets to promote things - "site founders" or "a few designated site ambassadors" is mostly what I was thinking, not "anyone who collects enough karma". I'm not sure how one pursues karma at the expense of quality or clarity - don't unclear or low-quality posts get downvoted enough?
If that's the case then I misunderstood you.
By posting far too often, with the hope that posts will get upvoted more than they get downvoted.