Yes! I was waiting for this.
Those "bad" posts gathering instant reactions and being visible for a long period to gather even more reactions to become even more visible .. are annoying. I have even seen people who intentionally create alt accounts to have that first boost and make sure their posts are visible on the top and if you check them, it's only promotional content.
I would also love if we can give more weight to the "rate quality" feature given to trusted users. I know we might have some abuse here as well but it would be insignificant compared to gaming the reactions especially that trusted users are manually selected by the DEV team.
I would also love if we can give more weight to the "rate quality" feature given to trusted users.
I believe this is already the case - if I'm remembering correctly the Thumbs Up/Down by Trusted users are about 10x as valuable as a standard user's reaction. (This is based on a discussion in the connect mod chat so I can't go back to confirm this 😅)
Considering that a user can perform 3 reactions and that you can add reactions to your own post, 10x is still low. With 2 extra accounts you can get 9 reactions immediately so you are immune to the first vote.
Based on my experience, If I am late to downvote a bad post before 10/15 reactions then it's too late unless more trusted users do it before that post gather more reactions.
Once you have your first boost, you are on the top and more reactions will come easily so it become more difficult to fight. Bad posts can easily reach 100+ reactions in a few hours.
@afif
This type of fine-tuning is exactly what @jeremyf
and I have in mind as potential candidates for future experimentations. We believe this is just a start for many iterations to come. I am logging it here in an issue to make sure we don't miss it when we are ready for the next round of experimentation.
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Yes! I was waiting for this.
Those "bad" posts gathering instant reactions and being visible for a long period to gather even more reactions to become even more visible .. are annoying. I have even seen people who intentionally create alt accounts to have that first boost and make sure their posts are visible on the top and if you check them, it's only promotional content.
I would also love if we can give more weight to the "rate quality" feature given to trusted users. I know we might have some abuse here as well but it would be insignificant compared to gaming the reactions especially that trusted users are manually selected by the DEV team.
I believe this is already the case - if I'm remembering correctly the Thumbs Up/Down by Trusted users are about 10x as valuable as a standard user's reaction. (This is based on a discussion in the connect mod chat so I can't go back to confirm this 😅)
Considering that a user can perform 3 reactions and that you can add reactions to your own post, 10x is still low. With 2 extra accounts you can get 9 reactions immediately so you are immune to the first vote.
Based on my experience, If I am late to downvote a bad post before 10/15 reactions then it's too late unless more trusted users do it before that post gather more reactions.
Once you have your first boost, you are on the top and more reactions will come easily so it become more difficult to fight. Bad posts can easily reach 100+ reactions in a few hours.
@afif This type of fine-tuning is exactly what @jeremyf and I have in mind as potential candidates for future experimentations. We believe this is just a start for many iterations to come. I am logging it here in an issue to make sure we don't miss it when we are ready for the next round of experimentation.
Thanks for your feedback!