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> Both groups have the same signal-to-noise ratio I kinda doubt this, to be honest. In real life, I discount the opinions of people who only ever have negativ
by heleninboodler 4y ago
> Both groups have the same signal-to-noise ratio
I kinda doubt this, to be honest. In real life, I discount the opinions of people who only ever have negative things to say. Seems as though serial dislikers might deserve the same treatment.
- _v7gu 4y agoEmotionally, I really get it. We feel positive towards positive thoughts and vice versa for negative ones. But in the context of information, a "recommender" that recommends everything is equivalent to one that recommends nothing: both are worthless (ie can't provide any new information)
- heleninboodler 4y agoYeah, I think you get zero information from someone who only upvotes or only downvotes, whereas you get some signal from people in the center.
- qwerpy 4y agoCounterpoint: highly partisan voters who upvote anything from their team and downvote anything from the other, regardless of quality.
- heleninboodler 4y agoAccepted.