NeueZiel wrote:
I think 4chan's system is technically better than reddit's because on the latter site you have people who just upvote or downvote stuff and it becomes a popularity contest.
Disagree.
Have you even been on reddit? Or do you just know the system?
If you post awesome sh**, it's awesome sh**. People will upvote it.
If you post annoying, irrelevant, or stupid sh**, etc. it's annoying, irrelevant, or stupid sh**, etc. People will downvote it.
Simple.
Reddit is way,
WAY too big of a place for people to really be "Oh, I like this person but I don't like this one..." unless you're posting in very, very small subreddits.
With a place like WP, for example, when a lot of people know a lot of people, upvotes and downvotes could be a concern for those who like to b***h about who is popular and who isn't.
Or most forums, actually.
The upvote and downvote system works very well for reddit and I'm pretty sure a large majority of people who use it would agree. It wouldn't be reddit without it.
I've only been on reddit a few times, I just recall a topic on GW2 there where people started listing actual faults with the game and everyone and their grandma started to downvote those comments and they were drowned out in praise. This is really the only example I have to go by so I admit to not being an expert. I'm sure your example applies 90% of the time.