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Or maybe we could just let content that doesn't receive upvotes sink towards the bottom: - a fresh upvote is 1 point - one year old upvote is 0.5 point - a t

Or maybe we could just let content that doesn't receive upvotes sink towards the bottom: - a fresh upvote is 1 point - one year old upvote is 0.5 point - a two year old upvote is 0.25 points If nobody votes, answers relative positions stay the same. Old answers aren't worthless but it also isn't impossible to lift updated content to the tip later. A person might vote for the same answer again after half a year, but it really just refreshes the vote to 1 instead of adding more value to it. I'm not a fan of deletionism and in stack overflows case I'm fairly certain it has destroyed value for millions both in knowledge and reputation. (Why? For years around 2009 - 2015 or something whenever you found a good answer that solved your problem it would most probably be flagged for removal or something.)

Avamander 6y ago
This would not be implemented because you suggested something that makes high-point users lose points.
- eitland 6y ago
  They will not do it. They will also not allow duplicates, allow low effort questions - even if others are lining up to answers those low quality questions. Whoever wants to improve the world as much as stackoverflow once did - and make a bunch of cash in the process could try some of thise ideas. Someone will probably counter with the assumed fact that if there had been money in it someone would have done to which I counter with the two economists who went down the street, saw some money on the ground and walked straight past it since "if the money was real someone would have taken it already".
  - wool_gather 6y ago
    There was an upheaval on the Stack network over the last 10-12 months; part of the fallout is a lot of users pulling together on a non-profit take on QA: https://codidact.org https://codidact.org Still in the early stages, but it's promising.
    - eitland 6y ago
      Thanks, looks promising. The actual instances were somewhat hidden as far as I could see.

Avamander 6y ago

This would not be implemented because you suggested something that makes high-point users lose points.

eitland 6y ago
They will not do it. They will also not allow duplicates, allow low effort questions - even if others are lining up to answers those low quality questions. Whoever wants to improve the world as much as stackoverflow once did - and make a bunch of cash in the process could try some of thise ideas. Someone will probably counter with the assumed fact that if there had been money in it someone would have done to which I counter with the two economists who went down the street, saw some money on the ground and walked straight past it since "if the money was real someone would have taken it already".
- wool_gather 6y ago
  There was an upheaval on the Stack network over the last 10-12 months; part of the fallout is a lot of users pulling together on a non-profit take on QA: https://codidact.org https://codidact.org Still in the early stages, but it's promising.
  - eitland 6y ago
    Thanks, looks promising. The actual instances were somewhat hidden as far as I could see.