Re:Design: Voting up or Down is Dead
by fauigerzigerk on Monday October 15, 2007 @08:47AM
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I have severe doubts about this kind of voting system, weighted by moderators or not. A post that was voted up by 100 people and down by 100 people (assuming equal weights) will look exactly the same as one that nobody ever touched. It ruins the effectiveness of voting as a ranking mechanism.
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Re:Design: Voting up or Down is Dead
by DanielBMarkham on Monday October 15, 2007 @09:23AM
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DZone, which is linked in the article, has up and down votes that they keep track of separately. That way, they don't cancel out. Instead, you get an idea of the total positive and negative sentiment.