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> It would be interesting to see if time-weighting the votes somehow could improve the signal. Perversely, downvotes aren't available on comments older than 24
by a1369209993 6y ago
> It would be interesting to see if time-weighting the votes somehow could improve the signal.
Perversely, downvotes aren't available on comments older than 24 hours, but upvotes are, so comments that attract a mixture of up- and down-votes get a strong upward bias on votes they attract after a day (since the upvotes happen and the downvotes don't).
Not sure how relevant that effect is to more short-term issues, though.
- type0 6y agoIt does make the downvotes irrelevant in a way, it only signals strong disagreement which I think it's good to know. But it's not good to interpret the downvotes as correction method for yourself because it only leads to more echochamber.
- a1369209993 6y ago> But it's not good to interpret the downvotes as correction method for yourself because it only leads to more echochamber. Oh certainly, it's just that this seems eqally applicable to upvotes, hence why the asymmetry seems perverse.
- angry_octet 6y agoExcept that once enough negative votes have been received it becomes impossible to upvote. It's like sumo -- pushed too far and it goes out. However, the number is much too small, 3 or 4 downvotes. Flagging operates similarly; as there is no reason attached to the flag it is simply 'dislike'. Slashdot's tags were much more nuanced.