I’d be surprised if users routinely recognised one another, but perhaps I’ve just not participated much in the past.

Interestingl, linked elsewhere in this thread, there is a middle ground between global karma and existing mod opinion: https://lemmy.ml/comment/2377401

Effectively rather than considering the total upvotes/down votes you could consider only the votes cast by already trusted members. Although it may be a little too close to MeowMeowBeenz

All the work I did creating proprietary software was essentially thrown in the trash, and societally useless. I’d much rather be paid very little, and contribute something positive to the world; time is our most valuable resource, and we should spend it doing things that improve the world, because there is so much that needs doing.

This is very well put and mirrors the issue I keep coming up against in my career.

“qualified voter system” sounds all too much like karma that’s readily gamed with repost bots creating a worse experience for everyone.

Could you expand on how video game guilds are governed for those of us unfamiliar?