The problem of course is that a certain crowd runs most large sites, and as seen on Youtube, if things they dislike become too popular they will do whatever the

The problem of course is that a certain crowd runs most large sites, and as seen on Youtube, if things they dislike become too popular they will do whatever they can to suppress that popularity. Put another way, there are two definitions of "Authoritative": what does the raw data suggest, and what does the echo chamber I've surrounded myself with and become convinced is reality say. I think we all know which standard would be used if such a system was implemented (and of course, it's already been attempted in small ways).