> But, really no reason to upvote or downvote comments as no one can see the points of a particular comment on this site.
Voting effects the presentation order of comments, which is especially significant when there are many responses sharing an immediate parent.
That's probably a bigger impact from voting than making points publicly viewable would be
Yes, I think it is definitely a balancing act, because the rising of certain comments can certainly contribute to groupthink. However, I also think that impact of having the best comments rise to the top is very useful. The system doesn't work super great in an early and active thread, but it works very well once the thread ages a little bit
I think that supports my point. If there were no points then it would just be responses in order of posting. Points offer bias.
Yes, the point of moderation, community or otherwise, is to be a mechanism for promoting group norms.
That reinforces my point that sites like this lead to groupthink and coalescence around acceptable thought
Well, it reinforces the hypothetical argument that sites like this have a mechanisms whic promotes settling into some kind of self-reinforcing content patterns. You’d have to actually show what the common patterns were for each site (and particularly whether they were share substance of argument or shared style, or both) to make the “groupthink” argument.
(I think the best argument against the groupthing argument here is how inconsistent the positions are that are claimed to be the “groupthink” position by those claiming that.)
> (I think the best argument against the groupthing argument here is how inconsistent the positions are that are claimed to be the “groupthink” position by those claiming that
Aren’t you countering yourself by not providing the research requested above though?
I mean without objective evidence it’s all just a subjective opinion on either side