In real-life democratic voting, there's generally a pool of at least tens of thousands of other voters, and each one only has ONE vote to cast. The damage that any single person can do if he pointlessly or maliciously places his vote is minimal. Here, the pool of voters at any given time is maybe a few dozen, and if someone really hates your guts, he can have a significant impact on your overall rating. I don't think the comparison is terribly valid. In a democratic system, you also have a right to face your accuser.

And you just got caught with your pants down

In real life, you get one vote for each ballot measure, each office ... same as here, one vote per node, fair and democratic

XP isn't life or death, you aren't accused of anything, and when you vote for president/ballots, the ballots don't get to face you.

Turning a one second barometer into a bureaucracy is bat-guano-insane-o

And no, a single voter cannot have a significant impact on your overall rating, see Voting/Experience System

In reply to Re^8: We should elminate: Anonymous, and DOWN-voting by Anonymous Monk
in thread We should elminate: Anonymous, and DOWN-voting by locked_user sundialsvc4

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