Conversely, the impetus to make the basic concept possible might increase if someone made a compelling case for what value it would provide.
Incidentally, I’m not suggesting that people should upvote/downvote based on “interesting” rather than “true”.
I’m suggesting people should upvote/downvote based on “want more like this.”
That means if I see a true comment, and I want to see more true comments, I upvote it because it’s true. If I see a well-written comment, and I want to see more well-written comments, I upvote it because it’s well-written. If I see a rhyming comment, and I want to see more rhyming comments, I upvote it because it rhymes. Etc.
Being able to tag a vote to indicate what attribute(s) I wanted more or less of would admittedly be clearer in ambiguous cases… I do sometimes find myself staring at a downvote wondering what the reason for it was.
That said, I’m not sure it would actually add much value.
Conversely, the impetus to make the basic concept possible might increase if someone made a compelling case for what value it would provide.
Incidentally, I’m not suggesting that people should upvote/downvote based on “interesting” rather than “true”.
I’m suggesting people should upvote/downvote based on “want more like this.”
That means if I see a true comment, and I want to see more true comments, I upvote it because it’s true.
If I see a well-written comment, and I want to see more well-written comments, I upvote it because it’s well-written.
If I see a rhyming comment, and I want to see more rhyming comments, I upvote it because it rhymes.
Etc.
Being able to tag a vote to indicate what attribute(s) I wanted more or less of would admittedly be clearer in ambiguous cases… I do sometimes find myself staring at a downvote wondering what the reason for it was.
That said, I’m not sure it would actually add much value.