Comment 42664

By Moderatrix (anonymous) | Posted June 30, 2010 at 22:12:35

"If I'm not mistaken the original intent of the up down voting system was to show agreement and eliminate the need for posts like "I agree with [insert name here]" and I actually like that."

This is why comment voting is broken. The whole fade-to-nothing approach is supposed to to get rid of the inappropriate comments, not to be a means of expressing your opinion. This is how good, constructive, on-topic, but simply disagreeable comments are faded to oblivion, yet the otherwise reigning public opinion shines through. If RTH truely wants an open forum it will have to remove this feature and find another way of moderation.

If you truly want something like this, then a simple thumbs up/down with a counter for each is the way to go. It's a good way of gauging the popularity of the comments among the user community without becoming a form of censorship.

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