good question: here's a response I made on the reddit
People might think that this might be another system that might get gamed. If someone tries hard enough, they can play the long game, and game the system. The point is user karma and user history should be enough to make it harder to game the system. Once there is enough traffic, there will strong moderation and minimum posting/commenting requirements
Also another response to bribing the influencers of the system:
Bribe could work but as long as the product is not crap, I think there is no perfect model. The influencers will still have to worry about keeping a reputation and if they put their name on a crappy product they will lose their reputation. People will start pointing this out. Karma might make them stand out and face more criticism for being in the limelight. You also make a good point. Maybe it should be shouldibuythisbrand?
People might think that this might be another system that might get gamed. If someone tries hard enough, they can play the long game, and game the system. The point is user karma and user history should be enough to make it harder to game the system. Once there is enough traffic, there will strong moderation and minimum posting/commenting requirements
Also another response to bribing the influencers of the system: Bribe could work but as long as the product is not crap, I think there is no perfect model. The influencers will still have to worry about keeping a reputation and if they put their name on a crappy product they will lose their reputation. People will start pointing this out. Karma might make them stand out and face more criticism for being in the limelight. You also make a good point. Maybe it should be shouldibuythisbrand?