This seems strange to me. Jason is literally right that—especially at the near-zero level of karma—voting is mechanically a mechanism for deciding how much the post should be promoted or whether it should be hidden entirely. One could argue that there are second order social effects of taking that into account, but that’s a much more speculative argument.
I have no strong view on how much this post should be favoured by the sorting algorithm, but I am strongly against it being hidden. If nothing else, people might want to refer to it later whether they like or dislike it, as an extended piece of criticism from a prominent source.
This seems strange to me. Jason is literally right that—especially at the near-zero level of karma—voting is mechanically a mechanism for deciding how much the post should be promoted or whether it should be hidden entirely. One could argue that there are second order social effects of taking that into account, but that’s a much more speculative argument.
I have no strong view on how much this post should be favoured by the sorting algorithm, but I am strongly against it being hidden. If nothing else, people might want to refer to it later whether they like or dislike it, as an extended piece of criticism from a prominent source.