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I'm curious how useful voting really is. The usefulness of it really depends on if voters are disciplined enough to remove their opinion voting and vote based o
by kodah 5y ago
I'm curious how useful voting really is. The usefulness of it really depends on if voters are disciplined enough to remove their opinion voting and vote based on an established, high-level framework. The latter still includes some opinion, but at least more rigorous and less opinionated.
I can see a couple outcomes from such a system:
- downvotes are guideline violations
- upvotes indicate relativity, not necessarily agreeableness
- no interaction would be common
All of this is centric to a users thought. I don't think a machine could be taught these things.
- throwawaycuriou 5y agoI'd like to glean valuable context from voting ratios. It used to be possible. But my confidence in voting is dashed. There's too much money and power involved. Gaming the system is something I feel is (rightly or wrongly?) too easy to do. Facebook's introduction of a like button was a turning point in what the Internet is used for.