Main site karma requirement for posting broken?

AdeleneDawner

I just noticed that calcsam, who just posted two top posts in the main section of the site, only has the 100 karma that he has, so far, gained from those posts.

I don't object to those posts being there, but how did he do that?

Edit: Question answered; Eliezer mucked around with the karma system to make this possible in this specific case.

I just noticed that calcsam, who just posted two top posts in the main section of the site, only has the 100 karma that he has, so far, gained from those posts.

I don't object to those posts being there, but how did he do that?

Edit: Question answered; Eliezer mucked around with the karma system to make this possible in this specific case.

I've just created an empty account, and turns out it has the power to upvote posts in the main section, effectively creating 10 Karma points for another account out of thin air. This is a serious vulnerability: if calcsam is indeed a figurehead of a Mormon conspiracy (!), most of the upvotes on the posts could come from such dummy accounts.

This is a serious vulnerability

I'd question that. I'd call it "a bit of a vulnerability."

On a community site, I think you have to assume almost all people aren't malicious. And I think that's been shown to be the case here - some cluelessness or insanity, but the only malice from spammers and the very occasional troll.
What's the expected damage? A bad post? Moderate it to oblivion and possibly an editor will need to zap spam.

tl;dr: it's not a problem unless and until it's actually a problem.

3AdeleneDawner15y

That's not new; new accounts have always been able to upvote things, and I suspect that we get most of our new accounts made because people see something that they want to vote on. Requiring 20 karma to make a top post in the first place should keep that from being too exploitable, I think, but we might want to change it.

0Desrtopa15y

But there's not much point in that, is there? If he can already post to the main section without any karma, what use is there in giving himself more karma? I suppose members will probably be more receptive if they see that the posts have been upvoted rather than downvoted, but I doubt it would do much to swing the influence on the ideas in this community.

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