I might be too inclined to start wondering the reason for each of them
I’m new here, but isn’t that exactly the point? To know where one’s argument has a hole?
[Moreover, if people are dishing out minus votes for illegitimate reasons, this is a pernicious problem, no? That we should at least endeavor to have some mechanism to distinguish from legitimate disagreement. I agree we don’t want to be too much distracted in the meantime.]
[[I’m deliberately punting on the “who did each of them” part of your concern, because that’s more complicated and not what I’m proposing. Obviously it’s important that the system knows who is who, on some level, so that bad actors can be discredited.]]
I’m new here, but isn’t that exactly the point? To know where one’s argument has a hole?
[Moreover, if people are dishing out minus votes for illegitimate reasons, this is a pernicious problem, no? That we should at least endeavor to have some mechanism to distinguish from legitimate disagreement. I agree we don’t want to be too much distracted in the meantime.]
[[I’m deliberately punting on the “who did each of them” part of your concern, because that’s more complicated and not what I’m proposing. Obviously it’s important that the system knows who is who, on some level, so that bad actors can be discredited.]]