It looks like you probably weren’t around at the time the change was made (though you may have been lurking). There was a lot of popularity voting at the time,

It looks like you probably weren’t around at the time the change was made (though you may have been lurking). There was a lot of popularity voting at the time, which didn’t enhance the site. Patio11 could post anything and get 300 upvotes, just because, patio11. And arguments tended to be really overloaded with votes in both directions that caused more inflammation than anything else. I’m happy with the way it is now.