You’re combating what you perceive as insincere voting with insincere voting? Would it not be better to vote up those comments which you feel add to the site?
We could really do with a median-based voting system, like the one I proposed here.
“You’re combating what you perceive as insincere voting with insincere voting?”
It seems to me that people willing to vote insincerely will have a disproportionate effect, since it’s lots easier to vote yes or no willy-nilly than to only express yourself rarely after due deliberation.
You’re combating what you perceive as insincere voting with insincere voting? Would it not be better to vote up those comments which you feel add to the site?
We could really do with a median-based voting system, like the one I proposed here.
“You’re combating what you perceive as insincere voting with insincere voting?”
It seems to me that people willing to vote insincerely will have a disproportionate effect, since it’s lots easier to vote yes or no willy-nilly than to only express yourself rarely after due deliberation.
I agree in general, and as an occasional python programmer I would consider implementing the idea in the LW code if the administrators like it.