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The key is the ratio between the votes. 5:1 upvotes to downvotes is a lot better than 25:21

• blowski 5y ago
  That might tell you something, but it’s not always clear what. Could be brigading, sock-puppets, tribalism, or lots of other causes. In the end, pretty much all such voting mechanisms are flawed in some way or another. More interesting are the comments left by known experts in the field.
  • unclebucknasty 5y ago
    >pretty much all such voting mechanisms are flawed in some way or another. More interesting are the comments left by known experts in the field. Agree with this. I think downvoting is net-negative, as it encourages bad actors. Let relative upvotes determine quality. For disagreement, use comments. For content that violates terms or is misleading, etc, use flagging.
• monkeybutton 5y ago
  Even with the same ratio, 5:1 can still be considered better than 50:10 because the confidence is lower and the true value could still be better: http://simplemlhacks.blogspot.com/2013/04/reddits-best-comment-scoring-algorithm.html?m=1 http://simplemlhacks.blogspot.com/2013/04/reddits-best-comme...