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Reddit has an appropriate solution: you can unclick the arrow.
by chaosmachine 16y ago
Reddit has an appropriate solution: you can unclick the arrow.
- billswift 16y agoNot just Reddit; every site that I read that has voting, except HN, has unclick.
- kmfrk 16y agoThis is a bad solution; a voting system on a discussion site should allow people to undo their vote, but not let people change opinions on a whim. People can stand by their point or concede that they were wrong somehow. If your opinion does a 180, it's probably for the better that your - new - opinion doesn't count.
- xyzzyz 16y agoWow, what's wrong with changing opinions?
- itsnotvalid 16y agoJust thinking, there could be a counter on how many times someone "changed opinions". As a side though, if somebody keeps changing opinions on a given topic, it would be somewhat sensible to lower the effect of such votes.
- JeremyBanks 16y agoI think it's unlikely that that would be necessarily. Only a small minority of votes would be reversed, and the even smaller portion of those that are reversed a second time wouldn't be worth worrying about.
- perlgeek 16y agoNothing. The ability to change opinions is an important difference between rational and overly stubborn people. Sometimes I can be convinced during a discussion. Then people are often very surprised that I change my opinion at all. Then I wonder why the bother to discuss, if they don't expect me to actually change my opinion.
- flatline 16y agoSo much of the media we consume is heavily editorialized to hit an emotional chord. This makes sense from the author's perspective - an argument with a strong pathos can help it get noticed. I will often react instinctively at first, then take some time and reconsider and form a different opinion. Sometimes I read an article on HN, then go to the comments where someone states a counterpoint I had not considered. Especially on a this forum, one should have the chance to change a vote.
- mcantor 16y agoWell, if you change your opinion, that means you were WRONG! And being wrong is... well... WRONG! Don't you see?! You can't let people see you being wrong, man! They might think you're human!
- rflrob 16y agoIf your opinion does a 180 within 60 seconds, though, it's probably for the better that your old one doesn't count.
- burgerbrain 16y agoEven slashdot will let you unmoderate by commenting in the same article that you moderated in. Works well.