It isn't necessarily worse, that's my point. If only one person bothered to vote, and it was a downvote, that's not significant. So, it could be just that person misclicked, for all I know.

However, if 44 people think the node is good, but 45 think it's bad, I can go "hm. there were some good things, and some bad things in my post", and consider what I said that led people to downvote.

Think of it as "how much weight does this reputation carry". It's much like reading movie reviews. If you read just one review at random for a movie, and the critic says it's good, that's OK and all, but you have to decide "should I agree with that critic"? If 5 say it's great and 4 say it's bad, it's not about whether you trust one person or not. You can start to think "well, there must be some good and some bad things about it -- let's see what's good and bad" and form an opinion based on that.

Likewise, with the additional data here. It's the difference between "wow, I pissed someone off, I wonder if my node sucked or she's just having a bad day" and "well, I obviously said some good things, but it looks like I said some bad things too" and try to reduce the latter.

radiantmatrix
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In reply to Re^2: Basic voting statistics for Node Reputation by radiantmatrix
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