RE: The new STEMsocial engagement/reputation system

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Maybe include the number of votes a given comment has? This can further boost engagement and comment curation (which I think is largely missing but super important).



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I agree comment curation is missing. I usually cast a few votes on comments to posts I read. And @steemstem upvotes most comments posted through our app (i.e. not many of them, so far ;) ).

So to come back to your suggestion, you suggest to add some bonus points to any comment triggering one or more votes? If yes, how to assess those bonus points? Any idea? A global factor of (1 + n_votes/10) multiplying the comment score?

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Well, I think the question is what behavior is desired. What would you like to see happen? For example, if you value people posting quality comments and keeping doing it, then the metric may be, for example, the average number of upvotes on the person's comments in the StemSocial community during, say, the last 3 months. Or something like that. The metric set this way would mean that those people who have recently made quality comments will have a higher reputation. But also, they will lose that reputation if they don't keep it up, or maybe new members can easily come and get a high reputation if they engage with high-quality comments.

Now, the next question will probably be: how much importance do you place on comment quality? If high importance, then it might have let's say 50% weight in the reputation algorithm. Or it could be 20% if it's only one of five things you value.

I just came up with this on the spot, surely it can be improved. But I think starting this way, with such questions, will probably be better than starting with the precise math algorithm. Once there is clarity on what is valued, and how much, then the precise math can follow from that.

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The problem is well known here: we cannot connect quality and upvotes, especially for comments. For that reason, we should be careful.

I just came up with this on the spot, surely it can be improved. But I think starting this way, with such questions, will probably be better than starting with the precise math algorithm. Once there is clarity on what is valued, and how much, then the precise math can follow from that.

Definitely. Implementation takes 5 seconds. Defining what to implement: days or weeks :)

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Yes, for sure, upvotes on a comment doesn't mean comment quality. Further brainstorming about what things will more reliably indicate comment quality... maybe an upvote from the post author. But what if the post author upvotes comments out of politeness? That might happen less with authors having more education about the algorithm. This might work, although it certainly seems like a weak spot.

But what if both an upvote from the post author and upvotes from others are considered in a combined fashion? So that only one of the two wouldn't hold much weight, but if both are present, then it holds larger weight? Maybe this will work more reliably. And also upvote weight can be considered - is it a 100% upvote or a 5% upvote? Getting upvotes with a high weight from both the post author and others seems more reliable to me. What do you think?

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