I agree. There’s issues. It seems comple and not transparent at first[1]
I would probably recommend against trying to “group” users, because it would be messy and hard to understand, and I am just generally worried about grouping users and treating them differently based on their groups. Just weakening your upvotes on users you often upvote seems practical and easy to understand.
Would minority views/interests become less visible this way, though?
I think the goal of using the graphs and building “factions” (“faction” is not the best word I would use here, like if you were to put this on a grant proposal) is that it makes it visible and legible.
This might be more general and useful than it seems and can be used prosocially.
For example, once legible, you could identify minority views and give them credence (or just make this a “slider” for people to examine).
Like you said, this is hard to execute. I think this is hard in the sense that the designer needs to find the right patterns for both socialization and practical use. Once found, the patterns can ultimately can be relatively simple and transparent.
Misc comments:
To be clear, I think the ideas I’m discussing in this post and reforms to the forum is at least a major project, up to a major set of useful interventions, maybe comparable to all of “prediction markets” (in the sense of the diversity of different projects it could support, investment, and potential impact that would justify it).
This isn’t something I am actively pursuing (but these forum discussions are interesting and hard to resist).
I agree. There’s issues. It seems comple and not transparent at first[1]
I think the goal of using the graphs and building “factions” (“faction” is not the best word I would use here, like if you were to put this on a grant proposal) is that it makes it visible and legible.
This might be more general and useful than it seems and can be used prosocially.
For example, once legible, you could identify minority views and give them credence (or just make this a “slider” for people to examine).
Like you said, this is hard to execute. I think this is hard in the sense that the designer needs to find the right patterns for both socialization and practical use. Once found, the patterns can ultimately can be relatively simple and transparent.
Misc comments:
To be clear, I think the ideas I’m discussing in this post and reforms to the forum is at least a major project, up to a major set of useful interventions, maybe comparable to all of “prediction markets” (in the sense of the diversity of different projects it could support, investment, and potential impact that would justify it).
This isn’t something I am actively pursuing (but these forum discussions are interesting and hard to resist).