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This assumes the user is accurate in his interpretation of a comment. Once they learn that "a" makes comments more visible and "b" makes them less, it just bec
by badbug 8y ago
This assumes the user is accurate in his interpretation of a comment.
Once they learn that "a" makes comments more visible and "b" makes them less, it just becomes an agree / disagree vote
- beaconstudios 8y agoI'm not suggesting an upvote-downvote system though, but a per-user "flag" that can highlight 1 article per day. No downvote option, and the UI would highlight its intended use.
- badbug 8y agoThe upvote is an implicit down vote for other things. I think you need two things. First an upvote/downvote so that users can express their agree/disagree. This value wouldn't necessarily effect the visibility of the content. Second, a sort of budget system where users can trade earned karma to classify an items "quality". I think this would lead to a system where you would spend your karma on the communities you care/know/like the most. If I were, for example, a blind apple hater, the upvote/dowmvote makes it easy to downvote apple content or upvotecother content to push it down the page. But I may be more inclined to save my karma for promting Android content instead.