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by smooc 951 days ago
Remember the Slashdot Effect? I'm not sure if it lives up to its expectations this time ;-)
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Remember Slashdot?
I miss tags such as "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" and "suddenoutbreakofcommonsense", there have been articles on HN where these tags could have applied as well
Score: 5, Insightful
Honestly I still think Slashdot's way of flavoring up/down votes is better than anything else I've seen.
I think requiring a reason/explanation probably discourages voting simply based on agreement and disagreement and improves the signal a numeric score provides. I find that missing from Reddit-alikes now.

+1 insightful