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> The biggest problem is the like button. The like button is not only a bad metric - it's the worst possible metric

But there is a real need for some kind of post rating/ranking (like like/dislike button, or explicit point rating). Once you got to thousand-post threads the without ranking mechanisms interesting posts are lost in noise. I guess that effectiveness of these mechanisms is an important part of why people prefer one forum before others.




The problem is no system is immune to incompetent/uncooperative users.

If in reddit/hn-like sites users use up/downvote as "okay, this is interesting discussion"/"this adds nothing to the topic" it works reasonably well.

If they decide that it is just same as like/dislike button (as is common on many bigger subreddits), then we get back to promoting echo chambers


Maybe AI is the answer. It can be be the better judge of comments in a conversation.


"Ah sorry the magic AI has decided only comments aligned with <X> political party are good. It must be correct!"

AI is just an algorithm. It's not a magic truth knower.




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