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Many people seem to be saying they've been voting less. Could you please include a script that counts total weekly votes prior to the change and post-change to
by instakill 16y ago
Many people seem to be saying they've been voting less. Could you please include a script that counts total weekly votes prior to the change and post-change to see if the total number of weekly votes has shifted downwards?
- pg 16y agoCrude tests suggest there is about 20% less voting.
- palish 16y agoThis seems like a good thing for comments. The goal for comments is civility, not democracy. Actually, the goal is for the comments to be interesting, but they will be because there are interesting people on HN. If interesting people are leaving, then that's a problem. I feel that the tone of comments in general has improved significantly. Maybe that's confirmation bias, but I feel much more "at home" on HN now.
- joeyespo 16y agoIt's still a democracy if high-scoring comments float to the top though. Karma just adds to it by functioning as a reward system.