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Comment · 3 years ago
You said "We want the best comments and the best arguments to 'win', not skew things in insiders' favor." But only those that get to a certain threshold apparently.
Comment · 3 years ago
So trust you that it doesn't get abused? Nope.
Comment · 3 years ago
That is snide of you. Does that deserve a downvote?
Comment · 3 years ago
You haven't addressed publicizing who flagged a post. For instance, who flagged the first post on Bob Lee's death? How long was it kept flagged? Who removed the flag?

How would one know if flagging wasn't abused? I've had comments flagged that get unflagged a day later. Were there any consequences for the person who flagged the post?

Comment · 3 years ago
What makes you think karma is anything other than a popularity contest rather than the best argument? I've had comments downvoted to negative land without anyone commenting on my comment. If someone can't be bothered to state what they find wrong with a comment, then they shouldn't downvote. Such downvotes are basically trying to silence the speaker instead of addressing what they are saying.
Comment · 3 years ago
Reset karma for everyone. Your top karma people abuse their authority and you don't even notice. If a post is flagged, show who flagged it and for how long.
Comment · 3 years ago
I went to SF schools including Lowell. Lowell, at the time, was blessed with strong science and mathematics teachers and a particularly great English composition teacher. Lowell possesses an extremely strong alumni community who are grateful for the education they received. If you look at school rankings at the time, Lowell was ranked in the top 100 high schools in the nation. Lowell has more Nobel Prize winners than most colleges and universities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lowell_High_School_(Sa... My proposed solutions aren’t whimsy. They are proposed solutions to problems that a classmate of mine at Lowell encountered. He and I were both low income, so we had free lunch. He complained that there was no quiet place for him to study at home. He is Hispanic. I am Asian. Teachers preferred teaching at Lowell because the students wanted to learn and because they didn’t like the chaos found at other high schools including fights, gangs, and truancy.

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