[maemo-community] Sprint task: Refine the karma system

[From: Dave Neary]

Hi Valerio,

Valerio Valerio wrote:
> Here is a proposal based in previous discussion and proposed improvements:
> 
> Karma source: proposed_formula(current_formula) - notes

> * Discussion: 2 * sqrt(# posts) - (One point per post)

Discussion is mailing lists, I think, right? 2*sqrt(#posts) seems a bit
drastic - a mailing list post seems like a bigger contribution than a
comment, no?

> *TMO 'gold posts'(new, need to be implemented): Posts with +40/+50
> thanks receive additional karma (10 ? 20 ?)

Is this consistent with more karma for doers?

> * Apps: each new app in Maemo5 extras earn 50p
> if (votes > 300) then (300*stars)/6 + 50
> if(stars>=3 && votes =<300) then (votes*stars)/6 + 50
> if(stars <3) then 50

Do you have any stats on how karma might distribute after application?
This seems like an awful lot of karma, especially if you're "only"
responsible for porting several popular packages to Maemo. It's also a
very big jump from 2.xx stars to 3 stars. Shouldn't application related
karma be continuous with stars & votes? Why separate <3 stars & >=3
stars? Is the theory that "bad" applications don't deserve so much karma?

Cheers,
Dave.


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