Personally, I think most online discussions are bankrupt. It's time to scrap the whole approach and start fresh. It's not close to how we share knowledge in the real world and simply stating and reading opinions is nothing more than good entertainment.
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
#12Easy. The losers are usually the ones who participate.
Wrong.
Plus: You just participated.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#13Maybe you should do this in a meta-site like Disqus, that'd be interesting. I could see why a site like Reddit/Digg wouldn't want to add a feature like this, it would probably encourage the wrong sort of behavior.
But human nature is human nature, there's always going to be a market for a pissing contest, why not capture it? :D
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#14"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.
Positive contributions usually don't spark arguments. Even if they're controversial or unpopular, they tend to spark discussion instead.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#15Perhaps comments could be tagged and any +1 or -1 to a comment would trickle down to all of those tags? Would people take the time to tag comments?
You'd need a way to boil down the answer choices in order to declare a clear cut winner. By boiling it down, you take the personality and shades out gray out of the comment you'd be voting on and therefore much of the value.
Also, if the winning side is a "pro life" tag and you are pro choice, you are unlikely to see much value or be swayed by the vote. I would see such a vote as dumbed down and dig into the comments for the 'real' content.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#16It can't be done. The truth doesn't become falsehood just because it gets voted down.
Re: What's missing in reddit/digg: a way to see which side won an argument in discussions
#17It can't be done. The truth doesn't become falsehood just because it gets voted down.
No one said anything about truth or falsehood. The truth, unfortunately, does not just automatically win in an argument.
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