When something is posted, automatically search to see if that exact thing has been posted before. If it has, then deduct a percent of votes, with the percent increasing each time that exact thing has been posted before. Say, if it’s been posted once before, then you deduct 1%, if it’s been posted twice, then 2%, and so forth. Feel free to adjust this math in a way that makes the most sense.
If something is legitimately excellent, or if enough people have forgotten it to upvote the repost, then reposts can still make their way to the frontpage.
Otherwise, repeat posts will naturally wither away, while encouraging original content.
How would Lemmy reward original content?
Hamburgers or tacos.
Bacon or we riot.
So you’re in favor of the Reddit2 proposition then…
Unclear on what that is…
Reddit used to be overrun with mentions of bacon
I think they meant beans.
Beans and beans and beans and beans and beans.
If rather not think about that.
You’d cause a bloody revolution in the eco.br instance if you don’t offer coxinha as an alternative reward.
Hamberders.
When something is posted, automatically search to see if that exact thing has been posted before. If it has, then deduct a percent of votes, with the percent increasing each time that exact thing has been posted before. Say, if it’s been posted once before, then you deduct 1%, if it’s been posted twice, then 2%, and so forth. Feel free to adjust this math in a way that makes the most sense.
If something is legitimately excellent, or if enough people have forgotten it to upvote the repost, then reposts can still make their way to the frontpage.
Otherwise, repeat posts will naturally wither away, while encouraging original content.
Upvotes and downvotes don’t mean as much here.