I’ve proposed before that voting shouldn’t be anonymous, and that (strong) downvotes should require explanation (either your own comment or a link to someone else’s). Maybe strong upvotes should, too?
Of course, this is perhaps a bad sign about the EA community as a whole, and fixing forum incentives might hide the issue.
This makes me feel less enthusiastic about engaging with the EA Forum, because it makes me feel like everything I’m saying is being read by a jeering crowd who just want excuses to call me a moron.
How much of this do you think is due to the tone or framing of the criticism rather than just its content (accurate or not)?
I’ve proposed before that voting shouldn’t be anonymous, and that (strong) downvotes should require explanation (either your own comment or a link to someone else’s). Maybe strong upvotes should, too?
It seems this could lead to a lot of comments and very rapid ascending through the meta hierarchy! What if I want to strong downvote your strong downvote explanation?
It seems this could lead to a lot of comments and very rapid ascending through the meta hierarchy! What if I want to strong downvote your strong downvote explanation?
I don’t really expect this to happen much, and I’d expect strong downvotes to decay quickly down a thread (which is my impression of what happens now when people do explain voluntarily), unless people are actually just being uncivil.
I also don’t see why this would be a particularly bad thing. I’d rather people hash out their differences properly and come to a mutual understanding than essentially just call each other’s comments very stupid without explanation.
I’ve proposed before that voting shouldn’t be anonymous, and that (strong) downvotes should require explanation (either your own comment or a link to someone else’s). Maybe strong upvotes should, too?
Of course, this is perhaps a bad sign about the EA community as a whole, and fixing forum incentives might hide the issue.
How much of this do you think is due to the tone or framing of the criticism rather than just its content (accurate or not)?
It seems this could lead to a lot of comments and very rapid ascending through the meta hierarchy! What if I want to strong downvote your strong downvote explanation?
I don’t really expect this to happen much, and I’d expect strong downvotes to decay quickly down a thread (which is my impression of what happens now when people do explain voluntarily), unless people are actually just being uncivil.
I also don’t see why this would be a particularly bad thing. I’d rather people hash out their differences properly and come to a mutual understanding than essentially just call each other’s comments very stupid without explanation.