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Am I missing something? Isn't one way to fix downvoting to make them subtractive for both parties?
by fogus 15y ago
Am I missing something? Isn't one way to fix downvoting to make them subtractive for both parties?
- ColinWright 15y agoThen if something is on-topic but content-free, why would I bother to flag it? How do I get rewarded for doing the right thing? Why should I not just leave it to someone else? The idea is to reward correct behavior, whereas your suggestion punishes it.
- fogus 15y agoYeah, you're probably right. I was hoping for the simple solution, but came up short. I can say that I personally wouldn't mind sacrificing my own karma to downvote someone who really deserves it.
- rcfox 15y agoI wonder if you're referring to the Stack Overflow decision to do this. They've made several strange modifications to their reputation system since the beginning, and I'm not sure any of them have really added value: paying for downvotes, daily reputation caps, etc. All of these tweaks to the reputation system are to encourage a certain kind of behaviour, but I'm not sure it's the right kind of behaviour. Does it make sense to stop someone from providing answers when they are clearly good at it? I find that, for myself, when I cast a downvote on Stack Overflow, I see an opportunity for 9 more free downvotes. (I'm a little OCD about having a score that's divisible by 10.)