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Kilimanjaro on Aug 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fixing Hacker News: A mathematical approach

Here is a simpler formula:

    vote = max(10,floor(karma/1000))

If I get an upvote from tptacek, I'd get 10 pts but a down vote will send me to oblivion at once.

At the same time noobs don't have voting power until they get enough karma, increasing comment quality.

Trolls who get below -100 will be automatically hellbanned.

_csoz on Aug 21, 2012 [–]

Via that strategy old users become tyrants; even if we assume they are wise, there is the danger that karma whores will become the next generation of tyrants.

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