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I wonder if providing the ability to downvote submissions would fix the problem of voting rings. Surely there will always be more legitimate voters than ring v
by NathanKP 16y ago
I wonder if providing the ability to downvote submissions would fix the problem of voting rings. Surely there will always be more legitimate voters than ring voters, and if legitimate voters can downvote submissions that were artificially inflated by ring voters it would balance things out.
Of course there is a reason why we don't have downvoting of submissions. The negative side-effects would probably outweigh the positive.
- awa 16y agoI am not sure I support downvoting of links. Though I am intrigued whether allowing downvoting for a set of users with some higher criteria than upvoting (say account date > 1 year + 500/1000 karma) will have some positive results.
- pkaler 16y agoAdding down votes would add another input to the system. In general, elegant systems aren't improved by adding more inputs. My plan of attack would be to think about the internals of the system and decide which inputs need to be simplified and require better feedback for the user.