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I think what went wrong was that they publicly displayed the score for whichever axis was most significant. Here, the only score that is displayed to all is th

I think what went wrong was that they publicly displayed the score for whichever axis was most significant. Here, the only score that is displayed to all is the only positive one we have: "this comment adds to the discussion." The reason I think this is what went wrong for them was that they had flags like "funny", for things that obviously don't add to the discussion, and too many choices for the other positive votes. IMHO, having one meaning for upvote and a handful of negative flags would be ideal if the flags were only visible to the submitter (to educate noobs/reprimand those who should know better) and whatever process is responsible for threshing the chaff.

tptacek 17y ago
This is a good point. "Uncivil" is more valuable than "Offtopic" and "Troll".
- ericb 17y ago
  The Uncivil tag should prove a fun exercise in reading tone and sarcasm from text. Someone needs to invent Tone Markup Language--and not just emoticons.
- TeHCrAzY 17y ago
  The "Troll" tag on Slashdot comes with some sense of acheivement. "Uncivil" seems much more refined, and less likely to award poor behaviour.
- fragmede 17y ago
  How about adding a free form tagging field to the flag process? Don't show all tags on a post, just a given subset (most common and not blacklisted).