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May I suggest that fluff can be fought by NOT upvoting fluff links.

• h34t 19y ago
  I agree entirely, but in a limited way. That's sort of like saying that the way to change policies in a democracy is by voting; it's true, but as an individual (or someone involved in setting the rules/administering the technology of the community) there's a lot more that can be done to change a system than casting the single vote to which your citizenship/membership entitles you to. It's these other measures that I haven't got a good grasp on, and am curious about.
• pg 19y ago
  That's hard. But the opposite strategy might work: upvote non-fluff links. Only a few percent of the users of a site like this ever vote. So if the "silent majority" who never vote made even a slight effort to vote up non-fluff stories as a way to protect the site, that would have a real effect.