(I do wonder whether the lack of agreement on the unwisdom of setting up new motte-and-baileys comes from the lack of agreement that the existing things are also motte-and-baileys… or something like them, anyway—is there even an “official” meaning of the karma vote buttons? Probably there is, but it’s not well-known enough to even be a “motte”, it seems to me… well, anyhow, as I said—maybe some folks think that the vote buttons are good and work well and convey useful info, and accordingly they also think that the agreement vote buttons will do likewise?)
I did mean confusingly ambiguous, which is an ironic typo. Thanks.
I think we should be in the business of not setting up brand-new motte-and-baileys, and enshrining them in site architecture.
Yes, I certainly agree with this.
(I do wonder whether the lack of agreement on the unwisdom of setting up new motte-and-baileys comes from the lack of agreement that the existing things are also motte-and-baileys… or something like them, anyway—is there even an “official” meaning of the karma vote buttons? Probably there is, but it’s not well-known enough to even be a “motte”, it seems to me… well, anyhow, as I said—maybe some folks think that the vote buttons are good and work well and convey useful info, and accordingly they also think that the agreement vote buttons will do likewise?)