I don’t think downvotes should be costly. On StackExchange mediocre content can get a high score if it relates to a popular topic.
Given that this website has the goal of filtering content in a way that allows people who only want to read a subset to read the high quality posts downvotes of medicore content as useful information.
I don’t think downvotes should be costly. On StackExchange mediocre content can get a high score if it relates to a popular topic.
Given that this website has the goal of filtering content in a way that allows people who only want to read a subset to read the high quality posts downvotes of medicore content as useful information.
I’ll add the point you raise about downvotes to the “cons” of my argument.