On 15 February 2012 11:36, Jonathan Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Robert Collins > <[email protected]> wrote: >> .... include blueprints and bugs in the same bucket for karma >> normalisation. (On the basis that blueprints aren't distinctly more >> valuable than bug reports to a project). >> >> I realise this ignores the bigger questions around karma, but it seems >> like a cheapish thing to me. > > Maybe drop rebalancing altogether?
What was the intention behind rebalancing? To encourage more activity in the lesser used parts of LP? To show that even a relatively small amount of activity has a larger impact in a lesser used part of LP? What does rebalancing give us? Seemingly unfair karma scores. I wonder if karma's time has passed. We know that some people value it but perhaps it's one of those things that doesn't justify its maintenance costs. Are people *really* motivated by karma? If so, karma is such a poor reflection of value provided that I imagine karma only serves to disappoint most people who find it genuinely motivating. If we did kill karma, I'd lobby to keep the list of karma earning actions at ~/+karma; the most useful aspect of karma, to my mind. If the karma score went away, but we kept the activity list, would anyone miss it? -- Matthew Revell Launchpad Product Manager Canonical https://launchpad.net/~matthew.revell _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
