Thus, there seems to be 2 modes of voting: hard voting and soft voting. Hard vote is supposed to push the comment all the way in the specified direction.Soft vote is supposed to push the comment in the given direction, but only towards neutral rating, and not beyond that.
Thus, there seems to be 2 modes of voting: hard voting and soft voting.
Hard vote is supposed to push the comment all the way in the specified direction.
Soft vote is supposed to push the comment in the given direction, but only towards neutral rating, and not beyond that.
Yes. The quandary seems, to me, that the voting system is designed for hard voting, but in practice more people are using soft voting.
So the solution is either to change the system’s design, or change the user’s behavior? The latter seems unlikely, so what would a system designed to utilize soft voting look like?
Hacker News solved the problem by not displaying comment karma, except to the owner of the comment.
Yes. The quandary seems, to me, that the voting system is designed for hard voting, but in practice more people are using soft voting.
So the solution is either to change the system’s design, or change the user’s behavior? The latter seems unlikely, so what would a system designed to utilize soft voting look like?
Hacker News solved the problem by not displaying comment karma, except to the owner of the comment.