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[–] Andrew_L 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Perhaps make it so that you consume your upvotes when you vote

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[–] roeawaie [S] ago 

Unless I misunderstood and you meant what /u/crimsonsun99 said. That ought to do it...

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[–] Andrew_L ago  (edited ago)

It's very similar but his system will allow for a lot more upvoting. I'm not sure which system will inflate faster though. My system, each user gets 10 votes per day; /u/crimsonsun99's system, each user gets 10 upvotes or 1 downvote per upvote. I'm guessing the inflation will depend on how often people vote.

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[–] roeawaie [S] ago 

Interesting idea... But I think that would open a can of vote economics.

There would need to be a way to generate and distribute new votes, otherwise the supply would just be limited and one person with a front-page contribution would just amass all of them. We'd need some kind of equivalent of a vote bank that can accrue interest and increase the total vote wealth of the otherwise closed system.

Side note, I think we just gave some poor economics undergrad their thesis.

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[–] Andrew_L 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

We already have a daily income of 10 upvotes to spend. We can get more by contributing to the discussion. The current system lets you have infinite votes once you achieve 20 comment contribution points. This will limit that and increase the quality of the discussions.