A proposal for the change in postmaxxing pursuits
The purpose of the ranks system on the forum is so people engage more in each and every thread, hence two or more consecutive posts only count as one since it merges on the first post. The problem is that it only considers quantity and not quality. But the upvoting system such as reddit's karma system for instance, only promotes popular, non-polemical and median opinions, which would flunk the level of discussion and turn it into a popularity contest.
Instead of banning low-effort postmaxxers that litter most threads, we should instaurate an arystocracy that incentivizes adherence/discussion of the blackpill and effort, not merit of agreeing with a post. A meritocracy would turn the most succesful in maintaining their status, a zero-sum game if you will. And what better aristocracy than our mods? They are the most righteous people to evaluate content, since their ethos and mission is keeping and improving the forum itself, not certain cliques inside it as meritocracy would. So instead of everyone voting on each other posts, the aristocrats would attribute value to good content by changing the form of post counting: every post starts at one count, but some posts count more than others: if the post is deemed high IQ by the aristocracy, it will aggregate higher post counts. And since this upper class is voting on the better content, it will make moderators watch posts more efficiently and the good evaluated threads being higher in the forum wall.
The purpose of the ranks system on the forum is so people engage more in each and every thread, hence two or more consecutive posts only count as one since it merges on the first post. The problem is that it only considers quantity and not quality. But the upvoting system such as reddit's karma system for instance, only promotes popular, non-polemical and median opinions, which would flunk the level of discussion and turn it into a popularity contest.
Instead of banning low-effort postmaxxers that litter most threads, we should instaurate an arystocracy that incentivizes adherence/discussion of the blackpill and effort, not merit of agreeing with a post. A meritocracy would turn the most succesful in maintaining their status, a zero-sum game if you will. And what better aristocracy than our mods? They are the most righteous people to evaluate content, since their ethos and mission is keeping and improving the forum itself, not certain cliques inside it as meritocracy would. So instead of everyone voting on each other posts, the aristocrats would attribute value to good content by changing the form of post counting: every post starts at one count, but some posts count more than others: if the post is deemed high IQ by the aristocracy, it will aggregate higher post counts. And since this upper class is voting on the better content, it will make moderators watch posts more efficiently and the good evaluated threads being higher in the forum wall.
