I think, with a financial incentive in play, whatever rules are in effect, people will look to game. It’s like DPS from an MMO, or figuring out the best return on an F2P game to get the premium currency.
I think the best thing to combat this would be discovery tools. Suggested other posts, something akin to Twitter
moments, and something that can intelligently look at who you are and present things that are appropriate. For me, I should have electronic music and games stuff getting flagged, for example.
This all comes with time, I’d assume, social networks take a long time to mature.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts @fourfourfun! It seems like you're of the opinion that we shouldn't worry too much about "gaming" of the platform since no matter what we change it will still be able to be gamed in some way. Let me know if I'm misunderstanding your thoughts.
I think the discovery tools you mentioned are a great idea - but I don't think they will help combat gaming of the reward fund.
I don’t think anything should be discouraged, never Of the mind to sit back and do nothing! You absolutely have to do it while not be discourage that people will try to find ways around things. The discovery should work in tandem with it all.