But do we really want to learn this way?

In any system of voting it comes down to the integrity of the people doing the voting.

In my week and a half on this site I've come to quickly notice some reasonably ugly behaviour - and surprised to see that intolerant attacks sometimes receive high references! update: of course this is in the minority..

Subjective posts move up and down in popular whims.. and providing an objective reasoned argument does not always win votes. This seems consistant with any political system.. when was the last time an intelligent leader won office in any country?

And like TedPride mentions in this very thread, voting is often done lazilly - in other words, a subjective post that evokes an emotion is simple to respond to. A posting of code requires a thorough evaluation by the reader to determine the usefulness and accuracy of the post.

Which leads me to think, should the weight of a single vote change depending on your status? IE should a saint's vote be worth, say, 3 times the value of a monk's (on the assumption that a Saint votes more judiciously than a Monk)? Whilst, in a perfect world, I wish this were so, I have seen some odd behaviour by some Saints, too.. meaning I'm not sure I would like to see such a blanket rule rolled out.

Oh well, it's an imperfect world. Just play with the system you have. update: I just want to mention that the above is outlining exceptions to otherwise good voting behaviour.. I think the majority of programmers have a lot of pride and respect for each other and approach technical excellence with maturity.. after all you have to have some mental maturity to be a programmer in the first place!

In reply to Re^2: The purpose of voting by monarch
in thread The purpose of voting by Gekitsuu

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