IMHO, reserving dedicated votes for books would reduce the sense of responsibility of the voting monk.
The voting system in the Monastery is all about knowledge.
I vote positively a node if I feel that it is giving me (or the community) something in terms of knowledge. Conversely, I vote negatively when I see that a node is giving me useless - or wrong - information. Even when I vote ++ for a "cool" node, not something that explains me how to use
map or
grep, I give my vote because that node is contributing to the spirit of the community.
I would not mind using up some of my votes for books (I don't suppose I will be voting on books every day, after all!), if I feel that they are influencing (positively or negatively) my technical education.
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