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This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they'd like to @nutomic@lemmy.ml and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today.

Note: This will be the thread tmrw, so you can use this thread to ask and vote on questions beforehand.

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[–] StudioLE@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"qualified voter system" sounds all too much like karma that's readily gamed with repost bots creating a worse experience for everyone.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mods can alter who becomes qualified.

But lets face it, there are already a ton of reposters here already.

[–] StudioLE@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd be surprised if users routinely recognised one another, but perhaps I've just not participated much in the past.

Interestingl, linked elsewhere in this thread, there is a middle ground between global karma and existing mod opinion: https://lemmy.ml/comment/2377401

Effectively rather than considering the total upvotes/down votes you could consider only the votes cast by already trusted members. Although it may be a little too close to MeowMeowBeenz

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I would pick karma within the community as a rough basis. Even then, I would keep the karma limit low to prevent a MeowMeowBeenz issue. It just shows that you're a participating member of the community.