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>That's not an upside. right. The upside, from my first post in the thread: "Personally, I'd like other people to see when I upvote them (especially when I a
by lsc 16y ago
>That's not an upside.
right. The upside, from my first post in the thread:
"Personally, I'd like other people to see when I upvote them (especially when I am arguing with someone... it makes me look like a good sport, and it's an easy way to say "I think you have an interesting point, even if I disagree with you.")"
Now, maybe that's not enough of an upside to counter the badness of reciprocal voting, but it is still an upside.
- brudgers 16y agoThe rationale behind your 'upside' is that it potentially improves the voter's social status. If you perceive that the intent of upvotes and downvotes is something other than improving the quality of posts (for example similar to Facebook's "Like"), and if you are able to discount reciprocity then I can see where your coming from.
- lsc 16y ago>The rationale behind your 'upside' is that it potentially improves the voter's social status. That's my primary reason, yes. However, I also believe that if people can see you upvote their posts even while you post a dissenting comment, you will see better conversations for the reasons I outlined in my original post; you are showing you respect the other person and his point, even though you may disagree.
- brudgers 16y agoBy ignoring reciprocity in your original post, changing human behavior was left as an exercise for the reader.