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How has the voting quota impacted power users and content creation? (programming.dev)
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The recent vote quota has been a hot topic and I'm curious about its effects on the site, the feature seems to target power users but I'm wondering about the knock-off effect on content in the platform, since we know about the 90-9-1 rule that applies to most online communities where 90% lurk, 1% post and 9% engage with the posts, I'm concerned that having implemented a feature specifically designed to limit that 10% minority that create the content that the rest consume, have you noticed any issues with content dropping? is there any way to track that? do you know of users who have left because of it? I myself used PieFed before but now I'm using Reddit more, I would understand rate limits but vote quotas are a deal breaker for me whether or not I reach the limit, something about it rubs me the wrong way, and the fact it's enabled by default on every instance? it feels like we're punishing away the people who actually keep the platform alive and I wonder if anyone has data on whether this has measurably changed posting behavior or if it's just a theoretical

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think it has no impact on me. My quote bar is almost empty. If I click on your account, there doesn't seem to be a lot of votes which federate to my one-person instance. Idk if my instance broke but it says 84 votes total and doesn't even show show any line. And I've been clicking on random accounts during the last weeks to see what kind of impact this has, and I rarely see anyone exceed 25%. Mind that I'm not really into politic and memes. Maybe YMMV if you're part of those communities.