It doesn’t matter if the most upvoted comment is pro or against subject in discussion. All that matters is bolstering a comment that is minimally compatible with participant’s thinking and making it win against the opposite argument (competing and most voted one).

So it seems that the most satisfactory comment (for most readers) doesn’t really matter at all. What matters, before anything else, is visibility of an opinion that somewhat aligns with one’s thinking, rather than writing or finding the most corresponding comment for that subject, fully compatible with reader’s perception.

  • hoodatninja@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    it’s way better than the alternative though, having no votes at all would encourage spam and low effort posting

    Upvotes only, never show the results, never show people their “karma” count. Let the thread reflect the impact.