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We've been discussing about changing the voting system and make it as follows:

  • Everybody can give a limited amount of phuks ("votes")
  • Each user gets sqrt(LEVEL) "votes" per hour
  • A user can have up to LEVEL+10 "votes"
  • Nobody can downvote until X condition is met and a certain badge is given
  • A downvote would cost the same as two upvotes

An example: I'm level 15, so I get 3 votes per hour and I can have up to 25 votes at any time. It takes 9 hours to get 25 votes at 3/hr, so if in those 9 hours I spend my 25 votes, I can still get more for the rest of the day (at 3/hr, up to 72 per day, being level 15).

We've been discussing about changing the voting system and make it as follows: - Everybody can give a limited amount of phuks ("votes") - Each user gets sqrt(LEVEL) "votes" per hour - A user can have up to LEVEL+10 "votes" - Nobody can downvote until X condition is met and a certain badge is given - A downvote would cost the same as two upvotes An example: I'm level 15, so I get 3 votes per hour and I can have up to 25 votes at any time. It takes 9 hours to get 25 votes at 3/hr, so if in those 9 hours I spend my 25 votes, I can still get more for the rest of the day (at 3/hr, up to 72 per day, being level 15).

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[–] ashekchum 3 points (+3|-0) Edited

I'd make a posting limit rate too at 1per hour + (lvl)/2: and max post at 2+(lvl)*2 per day.

A level 15+ club sub. (Still think this is a good idea) Maybe do downvotes regen per hour at (lvl)-5 with cap of (lvl)*2-(15-(lvl)).

That or like PMYA said treat them equally something like a daily of 5+ ((lvl)/2)2 or the classic 2lvl+n.

Maybe remove restrictions with an administrator badge or pillar badge. Pillar badge would be a pillar of the community badge selectively given out to top users lvl20+ not literally hitler, ect. You could attach like a global spam clean up ability to that as well, (which isn't needed now) sort of like Cygnus on voat.

[–] PMYA 5 points (+5|-0)

I think a posting limit is a bad idea. One of the things we want is more content, and posting restrictions will definitely put new users off.

InnocentBystander made a good point in his reply to me above, and now I am siding with the idea of limiting downvotes more than the upvotes.

Regarding user privs like global spam cleaning, there is a hierarchy task on Phab at the moment. None of the levels have been assigned privileges yet, but I think it could be an ok idea if it's done in the right way. It would be a helpful feature, but I also think giving away too many privs or giving them to too many people could be a shitshow. Just look at what the mods on Reddit are doing, and they only have the ability to remove posts on certain subs.

[–] ashekchum 4 points (+4|-0) Edited

Post limit is mostly anti spam and it's kept pretty high perhaps make subs you mod not count in the limit.

You should post preposed levels there, and powers.

[–] E-werd 3 points (+3|-0)

perhaps make subs you mod not count in the limit.

I like it!

[–] Polsaker [OP] 5 points (+5|-0)

I don't like the idea of a sub people can't see, but having a mod setting where one can limit which users can post (by level) is something that I might implement