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Wouldn't a downvote-only mechanism make it easier to hide dissenting opinions without giving chance to show support for a position/comment? Besides that, I wond
by lccarrasco 14y ago
Wouldn't a downvote-only mechanism make it easier to hide dissenting opinions without giving chance to show support for a position/comment? Besides that, I wonder how would the top-rated comment system work, given that posts start with 0 downvotes.
Basically, I don't think that a non-exploitable method exists, however pessimistic that sounds.
- cup 14y agoHowabout if users were only given one upvote and downvote every twenty four hours per comment and submission.
- lsc 14y agoYou mean we'd get /quality/ moderation, just like slashdot?
- potatolicious 14y agoWelcome to Slashdot circa, I dunno, ancient times. I still wonder why no one has bothered cloning their moderation system - in my mind it's the best one I've ever seen on a major website. An extra perk is that upvotes can be categorized (and downvotes) that add context. On Reddit all too often the top comment in a thread is a quick and easy joke, and the real insight gets buried. On Slashdot these two types of posts would coexist and be flagged as such.
- Silhouette 14y agoIndeed. It's surprising to me that no-one has yet been successful combining Slashdot's idea of meaningful moderations with the almost universal practice on newer forums of promoting highly moderated material to earlier in the discussion but having the advantage decay over time if that material doesn't continue to receive strong endorsements. If demoting material had to come with a stated reason, like giving incorrect information or being off-topic, it might also mean fewer people use the down arrow as a substitute for "I disagree", which IMHO would be no bad thing on sites like Reddit and HN.