Again, an idea with prior art—Slashdot and SensibleErection both used this for an order of magnitude longer than LW has been around; SE even adds reasons, sometimes, for special occasions. However, newer forums like reddit and Hacker News (even with its quality obsession) have abandoned those methods in favor of a simple scalar vote.
Again, an idea with prior art—Slashdot and SensibleErection both used this for an order of magnitude longer than LW has been around; SE even adds reasons, sometimes, for special occasions. However, newer forums like reddit and Hacker News (even with its quality obsession) have abandoned those methods in favor of a simple scalar vote.