Voting quota on hn
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Your proposal fits well in the feature requests thread:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363
what's the problem that you are planning to solve?
Clearly, someone who reads more should (and will) have a larger influence on popularity.
Clearly, someone who reads more should (and will) have a larger influence on popularity.
So right now, assuming there isn't some transparent quota in place, someone more keen towards voting(maybe because he or she has more time) has higher influence on the ratings overall.
Instituting a quota can make votes more valuable and meaningful, and standardized in terms of value to each person.
So for example if I voted on ten comments one day because I'm more liberal in voting, and someone else only gives 3 votes, I end up having more influence because of my lower standards for an upvote.
A quota of 3 upvotes Per day means those 3 votes will be rationed by everyone for the top 3.
Obviously the problem would be to find the right quota and determining how to let comments posted at the end of the day get a share of votes. So let me know what you think. And if I have any holes in my reasoning.