How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009)

Re:How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009) by lmm on Thursday July 09, 2015 @12:24PM (#9858870)

> I do. The user will think "Well given that I only have X to spend, I'd better be careful what I vote for". That will lead to less votes being placed, and thus, reduced interaction / community activity.

It's worth pointing out that Slashdot has run successfully for decades with users getting limited moderation points.

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Re:How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009) by dredmorbius on Thursday July 09, 2015 @12:37PM (#9858968)

Slashdot's moderation applies to comments only, not stories, and leaves a great deal of good discussion on the floor.

And other issues: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9854240

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