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I would say votes aren't a signal at all. You can be voted in either direction for anything. You don't know who's voting or why. All that article shows is that
by tayo42 6y ago
I would say votes aren't a signal at all. You can be voted in either direction for anything. You don't know who's voting or why.
All that article shows is that the votes are manipulated by users too, there's no signal in down vote brigading like that
- mensetmanusman 6y agoHow could votes not be a signal? That would only be true if everyone used a stochastic generator to choose up or down.
- tayo42 6y agoYou have no idea why people are voting (or even if they are people). Even just based off quality, what does that mean, the content is good? The production quality is good? Maybe it's getting downvoted because the creator said something on Twitter, unrelated to the video. The only thing it could possibly signal is attention it's getting and even that would be iffy