I would say mostly social pressure, with downvoting into invisibility functioning as a heavy blunt object to persuade people not amenable to social pressure :-)
I agree.
And there’s also social inertia, where people who aren’t interested in an LWish sort of community aren’t likely to post.
I would say mostly social pressure, with downvoting into invisibility functioning as a heavy blunt object to persuade people not amenable to social pressure :-)
I agree.
And there’s also social inertia, where people who aren’t interested in an LWish sort of community aren’t likely to post.