Posted by Dr. Bob on July 20, 2010, at 11:30:18
In reply to Re: Point system, posted by Toph on July 20, 2010, at 10:30:20
> I would find it really ironic if posts that gained the most points as supportive were also found uncivil by the administration.
I hadn't thought of that, but I could see that happening: poster A starts a thread, poster B disagrees with poster A, poster C tries to support poster A by being uncivil to poster B, and poster A rewards poster C with points.
> Babblers could express their discontent messing with the point system.
That's possible, too: poster A starts a thread, poster B is uncivil to them, I block poster B, and poster A is more upset by my block than by poster B's incivility and expresses that by awarding points to poster B.
> It sort of reminds me of the Sanjaya Effect where websites encouraged voters to vote for the worst contestant.
I haven't heard of that, what happened?
Bob
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