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a simple way to avoid elitism and favouritism on web forums | |
I've noticed on a lot of community based sites, that pretty soon elitism breaks out, or is at least allured to. I suggest that (using hb.com as an example - no insinuation intended) it should be impossible to see who made a post before voting; this way all posts would be voted for based on content, not
who said it. EG:
[user clicks to display a post]
post is shown without a name
[if logged in, user votes, or chooses not to vote, and can never vote on this post]
[now post is shown with updated votes, and name is displayed]
Of course, after time, people usually start to recognise the writing style of members, but still, I think it would be a good feature for a lot of sites :)
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That damn, [user24], always causing trouble! <grumble> |
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Ever seen a B movie called The Transporter ? Guy makes his living racing around in a nice BMW delivering packages for criminals. His policy ? "No names". |
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We instituted this policy when gossiping about coworkers in public - you never know who in the world knows the people you're talking about. We refer to the person by their first initial. |
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I thought the whole idea was to vote for or against an idea based on wether or not you agreed on said idea ,regardless who suggested it. |
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Oh, you must mean the staying on-topic approach. |
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and hey! changing your mind is so human! thanks jutta. |
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Interesting way to really change the dynamic of a site. |
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Voting is not important. Getting rid of that would solve your dilemma equally well, insofar as you perceive it to exist. |
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> Voting is not important.
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I never base a vote on who posted the idea because I can never remember if I like a certain user or not. Therefore I tend to treat all users the same. |
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