Should we be worried that people will vote stuff up just because it is already popular? There is currently no penalty for voting against the crowd, so wouldn’t people (rightly) want to do this?
(Of course, we assume people are voting based on their personal impressions. It’s clear that votes bases on Bayesian beliefs are not are useful here.)
Should we be worried that people will vote stuff up just because it is already popular? There is currently no penalty for voting against the crowd, so wouldn’t people (rightly) want to do this?
(Of course, we assume people are voting based on their personal impressions. It’s clear that votes bases on Bayesian beliefs are not are useful here.)