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Back in the day there was this thing called "don't believe everything you read on the internet". I guess upvotes mess with that by implying the message is peer

Back in the day there was this thing called "don't believe everything you read on the internet". I guess upvotes mess with that by implying the message is peer approved. How do we tell people to not believe upvotes?

marcosdumay 9y ago
Don't show it to them? Like HN does.
- praneshp 9y ago
  HN still ranks comments by votes (i think?), so that's defacto showing upvotes.
libria 9y ago
> How do we tell people to not believe upvotes? We shouldn't. It's inherent in sites with votes/ratings that the system is designed to indicate a comment's worthiness in its context. Upvotes in /r/science generally indicate scientific accuracy, in /r/funny generally indicate good humor. The site is responsible for collecting them accurately and fairly.
- unpwn 9y ago
  What? On an anonymous site with very low barrier for account creation, how can that ever be collected accurately and fairly?
DelightOne 9y ago
Replace upvote with vote for two Significant Identification Labels, which would be I am Left (X) or Right (X) Written from Left-View (X) Written from Right-View (X) Biased (X) or Fair (X) Pushes Left View (X) Pushes Right View (X) I Agree (X) or I Disagree (X) Makes Sense (X) As You might see it's geared towards outputting two different Labels, one from I am Left View and one Right View both showing under each other. The idea is to show both view besides each other to signify there are more side than one to a coin. Right now in Reddit they are both reduced into one counter. The resulting Significant Identification Labels would be along the following: Left Wing Pushes Left Wing (X) Pushes Right Wing (X) Says it is Biased Towards Left(X) Right (X) is Fair (X) Makes Sense (X) Right Wing Pushes Left Wing (X) Pushes Right Wing (X) Says it is Biased Towards Left(X) Right (X) is Fair (X) Makes Sense (X)

marcosdumay 9y ago

Don't show it to them? Like HN does.

praneshp 9y ago
HN still ranks comments by votes (i think?), so that's defacto showing upvotes.

libria 9y ago

> How do we tell people to not believe upvotes? We shouldn't. It's inherent in sites with votes/ratings that the system is designed to indicate a comment's worthiness in its context. Upvotes in /r/science generally indicate scientific accuracy, in /r/funny generally indicate good humor. The site is responsible for collecting them accurately and fairly.

unpwn 9y ago
What? On an anonymous site with very low barrier for account creation, how can that ever be collected accurately and fairly?

DelightOne 9y ago

Replace upvote with vote for two Significant Identification Labels, which would be I am Left (X) or Right (X) Written from Left-View (X) Written from Right-View (X) Biased (X) or Fair (X) Pushes Left View (X) Pushes Right View (X) I Agree (X) or I Disagree (X) Makes Sense (X) As You might see it's geared towards outputting two different Labels, one from I am Left View and one Right View both showing under each other. The idea is to show both view besides each other to signify there are more side than one to a coin. Right now in Reddit they are both reduced into one counter. The resulting Significant Identification Labels would be along the following: Left Wing Pushes Left Wing (X) Pushes Right Wing (X) Says it is Biased Towards Left(X) Right (X) is Fair (X) Makes Sense (X) Right Wing Pushes Left Wing (X) Pushes Right Wing (X) Says it is Biased Towards Left(X) Right (X) is Fair (X) Makes Sense (X)