Although you can vote up/down individual comments, there's no easy way to see which side of an argument won overall.
Any ideas on how this could be done?
What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
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Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#2Easy. The losers are usually the ones who participate.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#3"Winning an argument is like winning at the Special Olympics. Sure you won, but you're still retarded."
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#4The point of an online discussion is not to win or lose, it's to learn and hopefully educate others.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#5The point of an online discussion is not to win or lose, it's to learn and hopefully educate others.
Online discussions can go on forever.
But if you keep score, one side might consider giving up if it is obvious that it is losing.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#6Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Online discussions can go on forever. But if you keep score, one side might consider giving up if it is obvious that it is losing.
What if the side that's losing is right?
They did not make their case well or perhaps the forum is not an appropriate one. They can try again in another debate.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#8The point of an online discussion is not to win or lose, it's to learn and hopefully educate others.
Online discussions can go on forever. But if you keep score, one side might consider giving up if it is obvious that it is losing.
I think of karma as the "game" part of sites like this. The winner would be the one with high karma. It's just not very satisfying to win.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#9"Winning an argument is like winning at the Special Olympics. Sure you won, but you're still retarded."
This comment is no more funny or insightful than it was 5 years ago. Worse, it discourages positive contributions as well as negative.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#10That erroneously assumes that it is possible to win an argument on the internet.