This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they’d like to @[email protected] and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today.

Note: This will be the thread tmrw, so you can use this thread to ask and vote on questions beforehand.

Original Announcement thread

  • StudioLE@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    “qualified voter system” sounds all too much like karma that’s readily gamed with repost bots creating a worse experience for everyone.

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      1 year ago

      Mods can alter who becomes qualified.

      But lets face it, there are already a ton of reposters here already.

      • StudioLE@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        I’d be surprised if users routinely recognised one another, but perhaps I’ve just not participated much in the past.

        Interestingl, linked elsewhere in this thread, there is a middle ground between global karma and existing mod opinion: https://lemmy.ml/comment/2377401

        Effectively rather than considering the total upvotes/down votes you could consider only the votes cast by already trusted members. Although it may be a little too close to MeowMeowBeenz

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          1 year ago

          Yeah. I would pick karma within the community as a rough basis. Even then, I would keep the karma limit low to prevent a MeowMeowBeenz issue. It just shows that you’re a participating member of the community.