# kaal:claim:3782217-035

**Claim.** Weighting references so that more value is shared with older posts promotes long term contributions and innovation and increases stability, while less value sharing encourages new contributions and immediate work, so the weighting parameters encode whether the DAO values long term or short term contribution.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- citation graph based reputation systems

**Source quote.**

> More value-sharing with older posts will promote long-term con- tributions and innovations and increases stability; less value-sharing encourages new contributions and immediate work. How you design the calculation tells us whether you give more value to long-term or short-term contributions.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of History In Decentralization* (2021), Review gives momentum, page 15

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217

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**Topics.** citation-and-knowledge

**Keywords.** weighted-references, parameter-design, time-preference, stability, citation-graph

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125827-023

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