Agreed, I'm not sure what the deal is. I got my invite an hour ago and I've seen two posts regarding getting rid of the downvote button! I didn't even use reddit but I saw the importance of a dual-vote system versus Facebook's Like system. A dual voting system promotes discussion, a single vote system creates self-fulfilling prophecies.
Imagine a game of Basketball where there's a wall going through the center of the court and both teams just stay on their sides throwing the ball into their own hoops. That's what a Like system does. An Up/Downvoting system is like a real Basketball game.
Tortured analogies aside, I'm eager to see how this plays out.
Agreed, I'm not sure what the deal is. I got my invite an hour ago and I've seen two posts regarding getting rid of the downvote button! I didn't even use reddit but I saw the importance of a dual-vote system versus Facebook's Like system. A dual voting system promotes discussion, a single vote system creates self-fulfilling prophecies.
Imagine a game of Basketball where there's a wall going through the center of the court and both teams just stay on their sides throwing the ball into their own hoops. That's what a Like system does. An Up/Downvoting system is like a real Basketball game.
Tortured analogies aside, I'm eager to see how this plays out.
Not to be splitting hairs or anything but I think your winning analogy is actually a Like system.
Two teams, two competing comments with competing viewpoints. Points only go up. It's normal basketball.
An Up/Downvote system would be the same game of basketball except teams could lose points.