I disagree with you on “good” content, though. On the very basic level, there’s stuff I like (and would like to like, and so on), and stuff I don’t like (or whose disliking I’d endorse, and so on). I realize other people are similar to that, and will respect their recommendations (e.g. LessWrong upvotes). This “liking” already includes stuff from different viewpoints – anarchist and communization writings, social choice theory and deleuze etc.
I see the reason but current voting systems will censor content that you do not like which is harmful to have objective discussions.
And while I don’t know how you organise your social interactions, I (mostly subconsciously) perform a lot of social filtering for people who say interesting and smart things, and probably also for people who agree with me in their basic outlook on life. Not completely, of course, but I’d be surprised if not everyone did this.
this is not censorship. I can say that I prefer a mix of both. I find it interesting to see the difference in a community looking at their most liked content and the least liked or ignored content. I’m aware of how the system works so I purposely try to avoid the rating. There are very few people who do so though.
On another note, we should also be really aware of forums and social media with voting systems. They reinforce bubbles and echo chambers. People have delved into Social Media being Skinner Boxes for humans. We are trained to act in a way that is most suitable for the algorithm which gives us the most upvotes and thus gratification.
I see the reason but current voting systems will censor content that you do not like which is harmful to have objective discussions.
this is not censorship.
I can say that I prefer a mix of both. I find it interesting to see the difference in a community looking at their most liked content and the least liked or ignored content. I’m aware of how the system works so I purposely try to avoid the rating. There are very few people who do so though.
On another note, we should also be really aware of forums and social media with voting systems. They reinforce bubbles and echo chambers. People have delved into Social Media being Skinner Boxes for humans. We are trained to act in a way that is most suitable for the algorithm which gives us the most upvotes and thus gratification.
You’re right, my example is not censorship.