require a minimum user karma to upvote and downvote

provisioning/cookbooks/lesswrong/templates/default/development.ini.erb

@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ downvoted_reply_score_threshold = -3
 downvoted_reply_karma_cost = 5
 hide_comment_threshold = -4
 
+# If user's karma is less than threshold, thing.votable = False
+# meaning that the voting icons won't appear on posts and comments
+# "karma_to_vote" is only used for voting in polls.
+no_voting_threshold = 10
+
 side_meetups_max_age = 60
 side_comments_max_age = 60
 side_posts_max_age = 300

r2/example.ini

@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ karma_to_vote_in_overview = 1000
 karma_percentage_to_be_voted = 80
 poll_max_choices = 20
 
+# If user's karma is less than threshold, thing.votable = False
+# meaning that the voting icons won't appear on posts and comments
+# "karma_to_vote" is only used for voting in polls.
+no_voting_threshold = 10
+
 downvoted_reply_score_threshold = -4
 downvoted_reply_karma_cost = 5
 hide_comment_threshold = -4

r2/r2/lib/app_globals.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Globals(object):
                  'poll_max_choices',
                  'downvoted_reply_score_threshold',
                  'downvoted_reply_karma_cost',
+                 'no_voting_threshold',
                  'hide_comment_threshold',
                  'side_meetups_max_age',
                  'side_comments_max_age',

r2/r2/models/link.py

@@ -463,8 +463,11 @@ def clicked():
             # Don't allow users to vote on their own posts and don't
             # allow users to vote on collapsed posts shown when
             # viewing comment permalinks.
-            item.votable = bool(c.user != item.author and
-                                not getattr(item, 'for_comment_permalink', False))
+            # Also require user karma to be >= global threshold as anti-sockpuppet measure
+            item.votable = bool(c.user_is_loggedin
+                                and c.user != item.author
+                                and not getattr(item, 'for_comment_permalink', False)
+                                and c.user.safe_karma >= g.no_voting_threshold)
 
             if c.user_is_loggedin and item.author._id == c.user._id:
                 item.nofollow = False
@@ -1185,7 +1188,12 @@ def add_props(cls, user, wrapped):
             item.can_reply = (item.sr_id in can_reply_srs)
 
             # Don't allow users to vote on their own comments
-            item.votable = bool(c.user != item.author and not item.retracted)
+            # Also require user karma to be >= global threshold as anti-sockpuppet measure
+            item.votable = bool(c.user_is_loggedin
+                                and c.user != item.author 
+                                and not item.retracted
+                                and c.user.safe_karma >= g.no_voting_threshold)
+
             if item.votable and c.profilepage:
                 # Can only vote on profile page under certain conditions
                 item.votable = bool((c.user.safe_karma > g.karma_to_vote_in_overview) and (g.karma_percentage_to_be_voted > item.author.percent_up()))

r2/test.ini

@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ discussion_karma_to_post = 0
 karma_to_vote = 20
 poll_max_choices = 20
 
+# If user's karma is less than threshold, thing.votable = False
+# meaning that the voting icons won't appear on posts and comments
+# "karma_to_vote" is only used for voting in polls.
+no_voting_threshold = 10
+
 downvoted_reply_score_threshold = -4
 downvoted_reply_karma_cost = 5
 hide_comment_threshold = -4