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Re:Ask HN: Idea Sunday by netcan on Sunday April 13, 2014 @03:58PM (#7582712)
I like the train of thought.

"Voting" on the internet definitely added a lot but it created a bunch of hurdles: majoritarian thought, bubbles and averaged opinions.

Review sites like rotten tomatoes are a good example of the last one. The average opinion about a movie is nowhere near as good as asking a single person who shares my tastes in movies. A bubble would be much more useful here. I'm not sure where I'm going with this.

I think letting ideas branch might let controversial discussions get objective. Complicated can be mistaken for subjective. It also sounds like the kind of fun that can draw people in.

I really like the idea.

Re:Ask HN: Idea Sunday by iambateman on Monday April 14, 2014 @12:22AM (#7584524)
I'm kind of waiting on Facebook to do this. Create a voting engine based on people similar to me for services like Rotten Tomatoes and Netflix. The "other people similar to you liked.." should be far more ubiquitous.