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0 pointsmuzani8mo ago0 comments

It's not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. Reward systems are prone to politics and eventually become a nest of politicians. When this system breaks down, the value of the system as a form of certification drops.

But the problem with many of these systems is they might be too democratic. Discourse, by the same creators as SO, also breaks from the very same problem - someone who is not part of the community suddenly becomes the community despot. The structure sounds similar to what you propose; anyone who makes contributions can govern.

I think you have to think through how scoring is done and managed. There are systems that work, like the Nobel Prize and Academy Awards, but those only work to recognize top people, not large groups of people.

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mzk_pi8mo ago

Thank you. What if the evaluation system were based on smart contracts, excluding human biases and subjective judgment?

What if the evaluation were designed to reset every year, valuing current contributions rather than past achievements? The value system would prioritize those who are currently making the most contributions.

What if everyone could freely decide what type of contribution activity they want to engage in?

And if a gatekeeper-like person were to emerge, what if they couldn’t interfere with new contribution actions chosen elsewhere?

What if the evaluation were based on the actual number of contribution actions a person has taken, rather than the number of "likes" from others? Of course, the assumption would be that there are people benefiting and being helped by these actions.

giantg28mo ago

Nobel Prizes are not immune from controversy either. So they only work most of the time.

mzk_pi8mo ago

Even the Nobel Prize, the people who evaluate can become gatekeepers, right? If that's the case, then the Nobel Prize has no value, right?＾＾；

I feel like having AI or children as judges would be much better.

muzaniOP8mo ago

But the Nobel Prize does work most of the time. Stack Overflow points are just strongly correlated to someone producing negative value, sort of like the Nobel peace prize.

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mzk_pi8mo ago

Thank you. What if the evaluation system were based on smart contracts, excluding human biases and subjective judgment?

What if everyone could freely decide what type of contribution activity they want to engage in?

And if a gatekeeper-like person were to emerge, what if they couldn’t interfere with new contribution actions chosen elsewhere?

giantg28mo ago

Nobel Prizes are not immune from controversy either. So they only work most of the time.

mzk_pi8mo ago

Even the Nobel Prize, the people who evaluate can become gatekeepers, right? If that's the case, then the Nobel Prize has no value, right?＾＾；

I feel like having AI or children as judges would be much better.

muzaniOP8mo ago

But the Nobel Prize does work most of the time. Stack Overflow points are just strongly correlated to someone producing negative value, sort of like the Nobel peace prize.

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