Thread: [Under consideration] Developers should get karma based on the relevance of their software
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attila77 is offline attila77
2009-09-14 , 01:24
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#72
Originally Posted by Reggie View Post
In that case, that might be more dangerous then. There is a chance that the developer might stop improving an app if the peak is already high, despite a lot of requests to add more features. The result: stale apps.
I'm not sure I follow... Someone is afraid to post a new version of his software because he fears more users might have uninstalled than installed it in the meantime ? That almost sounds like a psychological problem...

Another thing that might happen is the developer(s) might release that same new app with new features added and appending a 'pro' or 'ultimate' to the app name. The developers get to preserve the high peak on the old app, and get new karma on the 'pro' and 'ultimate' versions.
Now, if someone wants to abuse the karma system, he will do so, you can't stop karma wh*ring, no matter what system you come up with, especially if the karma system is public and the users are anonymous. The whole thread started off because now we can't tell important projects from unimportant ones. Not to mention there are a LOT simpler ways to fake karma than such constructs.

I believe in rewarding the developers who continuously improve their apps. If they get a million karma because they keep improving their apps, then good. They deserve it.
But this is the problem, what's the non-karma-abusable measure of app improvement, if it exists at all ?