fallowseed

its just a casual suggestion, i am more curious about what it would look like- what it would do to promote a different behavior.. while the stuff about being singled out and targeted is something i've experienced- if i were truly thrown off by that tactic, i'd leave, but i don't see why this conversation must be about that and not the suggestion itself- do you think a system like that would work in the way i picture it? can you see any reason it would not work in a small testable environment? not looking for counseling, not trying to change the world to my preference, not on a crusade to punish people-- but it seems i'm easily caricatured as 'caring too much' or being 'weak/soft' in so many words.

well i'm not gonna go through your history to prove my point but you and i both know that was your sentiment in essence.

we all want to eat and have our pies, it makes perfect sense. every summer i pine for autumn, every winter, i am dying for spring

maybe we can go after liquor and beer and put a 3.2 cap on all alcoholic products.. you know- alcohol? how much does that cost our infrastructure and health care system? nevermind the loss of lives-- but sure-- go after 'strong weed' (me still sour about the guy who called it 'dangerous' and 'genetically engineered hard drug')

humans themselves come to mind :P speaking of dangerous, wooboy

yeah, there's all sorts of interesting ways to take it- i'm sure they each have their own merits and pitfalls... i once dreamed of a social media site where you could only POST one thing per day :P what that would do to the quality and length and decisions related to topic... but that would promote more botting

that is sort of what my notion amounts to- it creates weighting-- doesn't prevent people from upvoting, but prevents them from obviously malicious downvote sprees. when you see someone with a lot of downvotes, it would mean something more.

twitter has something like this that hides you away until you're 'established' by reposting and following x users.. ostensibly to curb botting-- it feels shitty though and could drive a lot of users away.

well there's the implementation angle-- i would think one is a lot more complicated to put together than another- naturally i prefer my idea and you prefer yours, but there is elegance in simplicity and it could be a place to start- no reason both ideas can't be explored.

so if i were to post something in 'world news' but there is a very clear and decisive groupthink that doesn't allow different positions air to breathe, what then? again, that's 'WORLD' news

its not a huge issue, but its not a non-issue.. you don't have to be so black and white with your dismissives.

because you're a troll who thinks trump is out to genocide your gay daughter. - that was your response to my being critical of democrats for genocide... frankly, i don't trust you to be fair enough to engage with and you've been targeting me quite a bit.