It’s surprising to me because it feels very different from other similar voting systems, and I was expecting people to carry over habits from those places.
Maybe controversial was the wrong word. It still feels like “actively want to see less of” is a much stronger reaction than my default to posts I didn’t think were particularly great. But quite possibly that’s on me. It’s also surprising to me that there is so much lack of consensus on whether people want more or less of certain posts.
It’s surprising to me because it feels very different from other similar voting systems, and I was expecting people to carry over habits from those places.
Maybe controversial was the wrong word. It still feels like “actively want to see less of” is a much stronger reaction than my default to posts I didn’t think were particularly great. But quite possibly that’s on me. It’s also surprising to me that there is so much lack of consensus on whether people want more or less of certain posts.
This blogpost is one of the defining cultural elements of LessWrong, which may be a bit relevant.