Hey! Thanks to the whole Reddit mess, I’ve discovered the fediverse and its increidible wonders and I’m lovin’ it :D

I’ve seen another post about karma, and after reading the comments, I can see there is a strong opinion against it (which I do share). I’d love to hear your opinions, what other method/s would you guys implement? If any ofc

  • VGarK@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 years ago

    Thanks for the link. To anyone that does’t know about Bayesian inference, do check it out!

    Now I have an existencial crisis thanks to the video 😂 the funny part is that thats the same thing used to detect spam email…

    • FearTheCron@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Spam detectors are pretty opaque by their nature. In contrast, karma is pretty easy to understand: “x number of people upvoted comments or posts from this user”. This lets people understand a score even if they don’t agree. If a karma replacement behaved like a spam detector, it would probably just annoy people.

      Sporting brackets may be a better analogy. They are developed with statistics in mind but are understandable to the average sports fan. I think a karma replacement should have similar properties.

      • VGarK@lemmy.worldOP
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        2 years ago

        That sounds awesome! You seem to be quite knowledgeable about mathematics. May I ask what is your background?

        • FearTheCron@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          Computer science. However, statistics is more of a hobby than anything. I am just intrigued by the idea of federated social media in general so I have thought a bit on how I would personally make it work. Perhaps I will make some more in depth blog posts about my ideas at some point.