A lot of people say show sum of votes and ratio. I’d go for total counts of votes, and ratio. Total counts is more interesting to me than net positive/negative.
I figured that leaving the “points” alone would keep things simple, and leave the social dynamics of the site mostly unchanged. My proposal adds redundant information (i.e. up and down) to that. Mainly I wanted down, but directness argued for both. With “ratio” I worry that it will obscure things with small counts. E.g. a 85.7% post with seven votes leaves me wondering how many people didn’t like it ( six up and 1 down). I’d rather interpret things myself.
A lot of people say show sum of votes and ratio. I’d go for total counts of votes, and ratio. Total counts is more interesting to me than net positive/negative.
I figured that leaving the “points” alone would keep things simple, and leave the social dynamics of the site mostly unchanged. My proposal adds redundant information (i.e. up and down) to that. Mainly I wanted down, but directness argued for both. With “ratio” I worry that it will obscure things with small counts. E.g. a 85.7% post with seven votes leaves me wondering how many people didn’t like it ( six up and 1 down). I’d rather interpret things myself.
Any of those would give you the others.
You realize that while this is true, it is not really the point, right?
Of course. I’m excellent at making true but useless statements.