Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:11 pm
We had "solved" a while ago, although only for moderators.. but it got lost during one of the "upgrades" to phpbb.
As ~califdon said, any karma-like system is always available for abuse. All one can do is hope to mitigate it via some rule set for the bonuses on may receive. I personally like how Yahoo Answers is set up, karma-wise, on the whole. But they have to deal with point gamers just the same.
Provided their is no tangible score involved, it seriously limits how much point-gaming one may be able to do without inventing ones' own game.
As ~califdon said, any karma-like system is always available for abuse. All one can do is hope to mitigate it via some rule set for the bonuses on may receive. I personally like how Yahoo Answers is set up, karma-wise, on the whole. But they have to deal with point gamers just the same.
Provided their is no tangible score involved, it seriously limits how much point-gaming one may be able to do without inventing ones' own game.