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It's important to recognize that any method open to public votes can be played. When you see two or three posts with the same origin suddenly and inexplicably r
by lutusp 13y ago
It's important to recognize that any method open to public votes can be played. When you see two or three posts with the same origin suddenly and inexplicably rise to the top of the rankings for some reason other than their obvious worth, you see the role played by gaming the system -- and that's a common occurrence.
> Will disabling the upvote button on the front page cause people to read the article first, or read the comments first and make a better decision about there [sic] upvoteabilities?
s/there/their/
That would essentially disable voting. I think they call that a draconian solution.
- kbenson 13y agoWould it essentially disable it, or just reduce the points stories get drastically? I think only allowing voting within the comment page would make it more likely that votes would be on content (or up-voted summaries in the comment page, at least) instead of the headline. If this affected all submissions, would that be a bad thing?
- lutusp 13y ago> I think only allowing voting within the comment page would make it more likely that votes would be on content (or up-voted summaries in the comment page, at least) instead of the headline. Maybe. And maybe someone intent on playing the system would simply move to the comment page and upvote there.