Pardon me. I deleted the grandparent planning to move it to a meta thread. The comment, fresh from the clipboard in the form that I would have re-posted, is this:
I just love to do that.
Thats ok. For what it is worth, while I upvoted your comment this time I’ll probably downvote future instances of self-deprecation. I also tend to downvote people when they apologise for no reason. I just find wussy behaviors annoying. I actually stopped watching The Sorcerer’s Apprentice a couple of times before I got to the end—even Nicholas Cage as a millenia old vagabond shooting lightening balls from his hands can only balance out so much self-deprecation from his apprentice.
Note that some instances of self-deprecation are highly effective and quite the opposite of wussy, but it is a fairly advanced social move that only achieves useful ends if you know exactly what you are doing.
Overcoming bias? I would rapidly start to question my own judgment
For most people it is very hard not to question your own judgement when it is subject to substantial disagreement. Nevertheless, “you being wrong” is not the only reason for other people to disagree with you. Those biasses you mention are quite prolific.
and gain the ability to directly ask people why they downvoted a certain item.
We already have the ability to ask why a comment is up or down voted. Because we currently have anonymity such questions can be asked without being a direct social challenge to those who voted. This cuts out all sorts of biases and allows communication that would not be possible if votes were out there in the open.
Take EY, I doubt he has the time to actually comment on everything he reads. That does not imply the decision to downvote a certain item was due to poor reasoning.
A counter-example to a straw man. (I agree and maintain my previous claim.)
I don’t see how this system can stay useful if this site will become increasingly popular and attract a lot of people who vote based on non-rational criteria.
That could be considered a ‘high quality problem’. That many people wishing to explore concepts related to improving rational thinking and behavior would be remarkable!
I do actually agree that the karma system could be better implemented. The best karma system I have seen was one in which the weight of votes depended on the karma of the voter. The example I am thinking of allocated weight vote according to ‘rank’ but when plotted the vote/voter.karma relationship would look approximately logarithmic. That system would be farm more stable and probably more useful than the one we have, although it is somewhat less simple.
Another feature that some sites have is making only positive votes public. (This is something that I would support.)
The best karma system I have seen was one in which the weight of votes depended on the karma of the voter. The example I am thinking of allocated weight vote according to ‘rank’ but when plotted the vote/voter.karma relationship would look approximately logarithmic. That system would be farm more stable and probably more useful than the one we have, although it is somewhat less simple.
Where were the logarithmic karma system used?
The stability could be a problem in the moderately unlikely event that the core group is going sour and new members have a better grasp. I grant that it’s more likely to have a lot of new members who don’t understand the core values of the group.
I don’t think it would be a problem to have a system which gives both the number and total karma-weight of votes.
It was a system that used VBulletin, which includes such a module. I have seen similar features available in other similar systems that I have made use of at various times.
The stability could be a problem in the moderately unlikely event that the core group is going sour and new members have a better grasp. I grant that it’s more likely to have a lot of new members who don’t understand the core values of the group.
True, and unfortunately most systems short of an AI with the ‘correct’ values will be vulnerable to human stupidity.
I don’t think it would be a problem to have a system which gives both the number and total karma-weight of votes.
No particular problem, but probably not necessary just yet!
Pardon me. I deleted the grandparent planning to move it to a meta thread. The comment, fresh from the clipboard in the form that I would have re-posted, is this:
Thats ok. For what it is worth, while I upvoted your comment this time I’ll probably downvote future instances of self-deprecation. I also tend to downvote people when they apologise for no reason. I just find wussy behaviors annoying. I actually stopped watching The Sorcerer’s Apprentice a couple of times before I got to the end—even Nicholas Cage as a millenia old vagabond shooting lightening balls from his hands can only balance out so much self-deprecation from his apprentice.
Note that some instances of self-deprecation are highly effective and quite the opposite of wussy, but it is a fairly advanced social move that only achieves useful ends if you know exactly what you are doing.
For most people it is very hard not to question your own judgement when it is subject to substantial disagreement. Nevertheless, “you being wrong” is not the only reason for other people to disagree with you. Those biasses you mention are quite prolific.
We already have the ability to ask why a comment is up or down voted. Because we currently have anonymity such questions can be asked without being a direct social challenge to those who voted. This cuts out all sorts of biases and allows communication that would not be possible if votes were out there in the open.
A counter-example to a straw man. (I agree and maintain my previous claim.)
That could be considered a ‘high quality problem’. That many people wishing to explore concepts related to improving rational thinking and behavior would be remarkable!
I do actually agree that the karma system could be better implemented. The best karma system I have seen was one in which the weight of votes depended on the karma of the voter. The example I am thinking of allocated weight vote according to ‘rank’ but when plotted the vote/voter.karma relationship would look approximately logarithmic. That system would be farm more stable and probably more useful than the one we have, although it is somewhat less simple.
Another feature that some sites have is making only positive votes public. (This is something that I would support.)
Where were the logarithmic karma system used?
The stability could be a problem in the moderately unlikely event that the core group is going sour and new members have a better grasp. I grant that it’s more likely to have a lot of new members who don’t understand the core values of the group.
I don’t think it would be a problem to have a system which gives both the number and total karma-weight of votes.
It was a system that used VBulletin, which includes such a module. I have seen similar features available in other similar systems that I have made use of at various times.
True, and unfortunately most systems short of an AI with the ‘correct’ values will be vulnerable to human stupidity.
No particular problem, but probably not necessary just yet!