1.) This can really apply to upvotes, too, we just tend to be more worried about the negative. The problem is that both votes are anonymous, so a person could be targetting anothers user's snaps/comments and up- or down-voting based on that. Or a user could search for a certain term and vote based on the term. So, what would be needed is almost a moderator just to look at the votes and 'confirm' them. Of course, that opens a entirely new can of worms.
2.) Seems like there should be a way to 'report' a chief/mod abusing 'power' that maybe triggers a review, perhaps by a randomly chosen group of other tribe leaders or users who aren't part of that tribe?
I think you bring up a good point upvotes can be abused to. It mostly results in a hivemind, where people say certain things and conform to popular opinons simply to get upvotes. I don't think anything can be done about this however. Every system comes with flaws.
1. Right. At least upvotes don't do any obvious damage, though.
2. Like a tribunal. Obviously, we'd need to keep in check the tribunal itself. Maybe if all their actions are made public, and Team Snapzu oversees them.
1.) Well, non-obvious damage can still be damage. If snaps are artificially inflated to seem accurate/liked/good, then that could begin people to doubt the ratings at all when (if this happened often enough) obviously bad posts are still upvoted regularly.
1.) This can really apply to upvotes, too, we just tend to be more worried about the negative. The problem is that both votes are anonymous, so a person could be targetting anothers user's snaps/comments and up- or down-voting based on that. Or a user could search for a certain term and vote based on the term. So, what would be needed is almost a moderator just to look at the votes and 'confirm' them. Of course, that opens a entirely new can of worms.
2.) Seems like there should be a way to 'report' a chief/mod abusing 'power' that maybe triggers a review, perhaps by a randomly chosen group of other tribe leaders or users who aren't part of that tribe?
3.) I'm doing what I can :)
I think you bring up a good point upvotes can be abused to. It mostly results in a hivemind, where people say certain things and conform to popular opinons simply to get upvotes. I don't think anything can be done about this however. Every system comes with flaws.
Aye, and there will always be someone there to exploit those flaws... eventually.
1. Right. At least upvotes don't do any obvious damage, though.
2. Like a tribunal. Obviously, we'd need to keep in check the tribunal itself. Maybe if all their actions are made public, and Team Snapzu oversees them.
3. That's all we can ask :)
1.) Well, non-obvious damage can still be damage. If snaps are artificially inflated to seem accurate/liked/good, then that could begin people to doubt the ratings at all when (if this happened often enough) obviously bad posts are still upvoted regularly.
2.) Basically what I was thinking, yeah.
3.) Then I shall carry on! :)