What are the grounds for relying on individual judgment to promote posts to Featured? Isn’t it more reasonable to rely on community opinion, as expressed in the epistocratic karma system?
(I’m aware that this is a tangent, but the point seemed germane given that the reasoning behind this decision may itself reflect the “fundamental epistemological disagreements” which you refer to.)
What are the grounds for relying on individual judgment to promote posts to Featured? Isn’t it more reasonable to rely on community opinion, as expressed in the epistocratic karma system?
(I’m aware that this is a tangent, but the point seemed germane given that the reasoning behind this decision may itself reflect the “fundamental epistemological disagreements” which you refer to.)
[Edit: I’ve turned this comment into a thread in Meta.]
My support for this.