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Comment author: timtyler 21 August 2011 08:31:44PM *  10 points [-]

The availability of a reputation system also discourages people to actually explain themselves by being able to let off steam or ignore cognitive dissonance by downvoting someone with a single mouse click. If people had to actually write a comment to voice their disagreement, everyone would benefit.

An extremely doubtful assertion - it seems much more likely that a raised feedback threshold would have the effect of reducing feedback levels.

Comment author: Jack 21 August 2011 09:14:13PM 9 points [-]

An extremely doubtful assertion - it seems much more likely that a raised feedback threshold would have the main effect of reducing feedback levels.

Indeed. This is my experience in discussions anytime there isn't reputation feedback "So, does everyone just agree with me or did no one read my comment?"

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