Re:Hacker News
by palish on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @05:39PM
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That isn't necessarily a bad thing, though. It means they're participating in YC news.
Besides, I bet the vote weight curve isn't linear.. It's probably logarithmic, so you'll see diminishing returns.
The real question to ask is, "Why would people want a large vote weight?" The only malicious reason is to get something meaningless to the frontpage really quickly. But that will still render them powerless immediately if it's flagged as nonsense.
Besides, at least one other person will still have to agree with you to get it to the front page. This sort of guard is to prevent your votes from getting things to the front page if you upvote nonsense.
Besides, I bet the vote weight curve isn't linear.. It's probably logarithmic, so you'll see diminishing returns.
The real question to ask is, "Why would people want a large vote weight?" The only malicious reason is to get something meaningless to the frontpage really quickly. But that will still render them powerless immediately if it's flagged as nonsense.
Besides, at least one other person will still have to agree with you to get it to the front page. This sort of guard is to prevent your votes from getting things to the front page if you upvote nonsense.