Emile comments on One possible issue with radically increased lifespan - Less Wrong

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Comment author: D2AEFEA1 31 May 2012 02:46:32PM 1 point [-]

Would it be difficult (and useful) to change the voting system inherited from reddit and implement one where casting a vote would rate something on a scale from minus ten to ten, and then average all votes together?

Comment author: Emile 31 May 2012 08:37:33PM 2 points [-]

The biggest problem wouldn't be technical, it would be the lower usability and the increased focus put on karma.

Also, averaging would be bad, showing the median vote would reduce the appeal of always putting +10/-10.