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Well, here I am again, this time providing a paper backing up my claim that having a downvote mechanism at all is just pure poison.
It doesn't make any sense for this type of community. This isn't Digg. We're not trying to rate content so an algorithm can rank it as a news aggregation service.
Look at Slate Star Codex, where everybody is spending their time now - no aversive downvote mechanism, relaxed, cordial atmosphere, extremely minimal moderation. Proof of concept.
Just turn off the downvote button for one week and if LessWrong somehow implodes catastrophically ... I'll update.
I do not like the voting and commenting system at Slate Star Codex.
It is seriously broken in many ways, I was mainly highlighting the tone and the fact that it doesn't have a voting mechanism and the fact that people still use it in droves despite its huge flaws.
i think that has way more to do with it being a blog with interesting posts on than anything to do with the commenting system or lack of "like" buttons.