Why not using the Pyramid of Debate instead of "Insightful"/"Fun"?

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[–]pulverize 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Great question. Slashdot.org has been using a slithering scale system of tiered voting for years. It's become a chaotic hellhole.

It works in principle. Users get five mod points to rate a post on a scale of -5 to +5 from troll to insightful. Mod points are allocated to those who participate and have positive karma. Slashcode is open source I think, you can check out the inner workings for yourself.

Saidit has gone the stolen code route. This is a house of cards. I respect what the admins do and what a cool place this is but if this place gets big enough the Lawyers are gonna come calling and take this joint apart. They lawyers can shut it down, the servers can be moved to a more accommodating jurisdiction, ehh

Even rotating moderator status doesn't work. The Pyramid doesn't work. It's like Communism. It only functions if everyone agrees to adhere to the system and you eliminate everyone who doesn't adhere to it

[–]cloudrabbit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Slashdot.org has been using a slithering scale system of tiered voting for years. It's become a chaotic hellhole.

Why? I was also wondering if adding Agree/Disagree buttons could help. They wouldn't give or deduct any points, but if someone's frustrated with a comment, it could help prevent them from maliciously using the lowest vote on that scale. Oh and also maybe the pyramid votes shouldn't deduct points at all? The lowest 3 votes could be 0 idk

Saidit has gone the stolen code route.

But it was opensource? What was its license?

They lawyers can shut it down, the servers can be moved to a more accommodating jurisdiction

If it's a concern, the admins could start working on their own code version if saidit gets big enough to be in danger?