Thread: Sprint task: Refine the karma system (community input requested)
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2010-01-19 , 04:32
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Originally Posted by hypoxic View Post
Trying to add something useful to this discussion, but most of my ideas keep centering around how 'karma' seems to encourage grandstanding or individuals vs community building.
There's nothing wrong with selfish gain being an aspect-- it's a strong motivator. The challenge is just to ensure that most of the grandstanding has a (side) benefit to the community as well... and I think we're close enough even now.
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