I thought about the topic a bit at some point and my thoughts were
The strength of the strong upvote depends on the karma of the user (see other comment)
Therefore, the existence of a strong upvote implies that users that have gained more Karma in the past, e.g. because they write better or more content, have more influence on new posts.
Thus, the question of the strong upvote seems roughly equivalent to the question “do we want more active/experienced members of the community to have more say?”
Personally, I’d say that I currently prefer this system over its alternatives because I think more experienced/active EAs have more nuanced judgment about EA questions. Specifically, I think that there are some posts that fly under the radar because they don’t look fancy to newcomers and I want more experienced EAs to be able to strongly upvote those to get more traction.
I think strong downvotes are sometimes helpful but I’m not sure how often they are even used. I don’t have a strong opinion about their existence.
I can also see that strong votes might lead to a discourse where experienced EAs just give other experienced EAs lots of Karma due to personal connections but most people I know use their strong upvotes based on how important they think the content is and not by how much they like the author.
In conclusion, I think it’s good that we give more experienced/active members that have produced high-quality content in the past more say. I think one can discuss the size of the difference, e.g. maybe the current scale is too liberal or too conservative.
I use my strong downvote to hide spam a couple times a month. I pretty rarely use it for other things, although I’ll occasionally strong downvote a comment or post that’s exceptionally offensive. (I usually report those posts as well.)
I thought about the topic a bit at some point and my thoughts were
The strength of the strong upvote depends on the karma of the user (see other comment)
Therefore, the existence of a strong upvote implies that users that have gained more Karma in the past, e.g. because they write better or more content, have more influence on new posts.
Thus, the question of the strong upvote seems roughly equivalent to the question “do we want more active/experienced members of the community to have more say?”
Personally, I’d say that I currently prefer this system over its alternatives because I think more experienced/active EAs have more nuanced judgment about EA questions. Specifically, I think that there are some posts that fly under the radar because they don’t look fancy to newcomers and I want more experienced EAs to be able to strongly upvote those to get more traction.
I think strong downvotes are sometimes helpful but I’m not sure how often they are even used. I don’t have a strong opinion about their existence.
I can also see that strong votes might lead to a discourse where experienced EAs just give other experienced EAs lots of Karma due to personal connections but most people I know use their strong upvotes based on how important they think the content is and not by how much they like the author.
In conclusion, I think it’s good that we give more experienced/active members that have produced high-quality content in the past more say. I think one can discuss the size of the difference, e.g. maybe the current scale is too liberal or too conservative.
I use my strong downvote to hide spam a couple times a month. I pretty rarely use it for other things, although I’ll occasionally strong downvote a comment or post that’s exceptionally offensive. (I usually report those posts as well.)
Yeah same. I don’t even strong downvote egregiously bad reasoning, though I do try my best to downvote them.