Karma in Launchpad

[Martin Pool]

On 21 Jul 2006, Andreas Lloyd <lloydinho at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I took the time to dissect the Karma systems used on Slashdot, the GNOME
> Bugzilla and in Launchpad, respectively. Hopefully, this will provide
> some background on the uses and possibilities of the Karma system which
> has yet to be integrated in Launchpad:
> 
> http://alligevel.blogspot.com/2006/07/karma-in-launchpad.html
> 
> I am aware that Karma was discussed not too long ago, but apart from a
> few bug reports, little happened. I would like to invite both Launchpad
> users and developers to further discuss what the karma system should be
> used for, and how you would like it to develop.

Thanks, that was quite interesting.  I hope Launchpad developers who
work on this will take it into account -- I think it's true that karma
in Launchpad is a bit of an experiment without a totally clear purpose.

Another comparison we might draw is to seniority markers as used on eBay
or phpBB, which are also trying to describe how much a user should be
trusted. 

-- 
Martin