A thought; in a large enough site, new users need a way to find quality users they vouch for (imagine going to reddit's homepage and trying to vouch for users).
Yeah, that is definitely one of the main problems we face. A few things that mitigate this, however:
1. If you have friends who use Thought Ocean, they can be the first people that you vouch for.
2. If you see a particularly interesting post or insightful comment, vouching for the person who posted it is likely a good idea.
3. Thought Ocean has a feature that gives you feedback on why things get ranked the way they do (the "flow comes through.." feature on the flow tab). This makes a trial-and-error approach possible: just vouch for random people, keep the people who contribute to good posts and lose the people who contribute to bad ones.
1. If you have friends who use Thought Ocean, they can be the first people that you vouch for.
2. If you see a particularly interesting post or insightful comment, vouching for the person who posted it is likely a good idea.
3. Thought Ocean has a feature that gives you feedback on why things get ranked the way they do (the "flow comes through.." feature on the flow tab). This makes a trial-and-error approach possible: just vouch for random people, keep the people who contribute to good posts and lose the people who contribute to bad ones.