Re:Design: Voting up or Down is Dead
by angryearthling on Monday October 15, 2007 @07:40AM
(#67998)
i don't think it is a lotto as to who gets to vote. those who participate in moderation and those who make comments that are voted up get to vote.
i think one of the very good things in the slashdot model is the cap at 5 on votes. it lowers the number of people who go out of their way to karma whore. what's the point when all you will get is 5 points?
i've used slashdot for a long time (my user id is 5 digits). every year new sites come along.
i used digg for a year before it degenerated into the mess it is now. it went downhill fast once it expanded from a tech only site.
i used reddit for 6 months. it has gone the exact same way. as i type this it has been offline for a day.
after giving up on these i always drift back to slashdot. maybe the question is why do i leave slashdot in the first place? what is wrong with slashdot that i look for other sites?
i think one of the very good things in the slashdot model is the cap at 5 on votes. it lowers the number of people who go out of their way to karma whore. what's the point when all you will get is 5 points?
i've used slashdot for a long time (my user id is 5 digits). every year new sites come along.
i used digg for a year before it degenerated into the mess it is now. it went downhill fast once it expanded from a tech only site.
i used reddit for 6 months. it has gone the exact same way. as i type this it has been offline for a day.
after giving up on these i always drift back to slashdot. maybe the question is why do i leave slashdot in the first place? what is wrong with slashdot that i look for other sites?