The curse of the upvote

Re:The curse of the upvote by tdoggette on Tuesday August 05, 2008 @09:44PM (#268112)

thesixtyone.com, a social music site, has a clever way of dealing with this: You can "bump" a song, but it costs you "points," which you see a return on if the song becomes popular. It turns upward momentum into a currency instead of something tossed around in large amounts.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The curse of the upvote by fauigerzigerk on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @02:32AM (#268280)

But that only exacerbates the problem. People will start to vote for what they think others will like instead of what they personally like.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The curse of the upvote by abcde on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @05:05PM (#268979)

But that's how the stock market works. :) Trying to do better than that is futile.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The curse of the upvote by fauigerzigerk on Thursday August 07, 2008 @08:46AM (#269581)

The stock market wouldn't work either if users of the products companies make would act like investors. Just imagine what they would buy :-)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The curse of the upvote by unalone on Tuesday August 05, 2008 @11:36PM (#268189)

Yeah, that's another solution. Problem is, it's unwieldy for news sites, since usually you're not submitting your own content.

[ Parent | on HN ]