You might have an unintended consequence of people stopping trying to "fix" the site.
I use "fix" for lack of a better word, because users imagine their vote is making a correction.
A downvote feels like we're cleaning up in a self-correcting system that, otherwise, tends to reward the most insessant serial posters of [low quality whatever].
In other words. If the intention is to stay positive and upkeep a clean home then that may work. But if a bunch of hoarders move into a cluttered household this might accidentally be the feature that hides the sponge and the broom and the vacuum; aka empowers those that have the worst impact.
observation1 0 points 1 year ago
Got it.
Hm.
You might have an unintended consequence of people stopping trying to "fix" the site.
I use "fix" for lack of a better word, because users imagine their vote is making a correction.
A downvote feels like we're cleaning up in a self-correcting system that, otherwise, tends to reward the most insessant serial posters of [low quality whatever].
In other words. If the intention is to stay positive and upkeep a clean home then that may work. But if a bunch of hoarders move into a cluttered household this might accidentally be the feature that hides the sponge and the broom and the vacuum; aka empowers those that have the worst impact.