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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre
"Hey guys I want karma go +1 my posts".
oh look, people destroying your system.
tore, it doesn't work. it never has worked, in the entire history of online forums it probably hasn't worked, and I've seen it fail a whole ton of times the same way. it just becomes a pissing contest. hell, reddit is a site devoted to the idea of making something very similar work...and it just doesn't.
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In your example, other people would still get +1s for good posts, even if one person somehow cheats. I agree that it is possible to abuse karma systems, but I don't want to categorically dismiss them all. I have heard of such systems working and so I assume it is possible.
But regardless, it was just an example of a possible way one could reward good behaviour. It is not one which can be implemented here and so it is a bit off-topic, but I would like to discuss its implementation if we were to have a new site. If only for a test run .. removing it if it didn't work as intended would be a simple matter.