"Hot" sort is terrible

aperson1·4/9/2016, 1:43:59 PM·5 votes·910 views

Spend hours writing a detailed, well thought out post with references addressing <some aspect of the game>, and 1 downvote sends it to oblivion.

Write some stupid circlejerk-pandering bullshit like "Upvote for more refunds" that has no room for discussion, and go straight to the top.

Just accept that people will use upvotes to agree and downvotes to disagree. And sort based on discussion provoked. Or based on total votes. Or give new threads an upvote buffer. Or SOMETHING. Boards doesn't have to be a carbon copy of Reddit!!!

3 Comments

The Loveless4/13/2016, 9:38:22 PM2 votes

It's for this reason that I look at new and recent instead of hot. I might check out hot topics every 3-4 days but not every time I'm on the site.

Velzard of Koz4/13/2016, 6:21:26 PM1 votes

I'd suggest only Upvotes change the state of the post, while Downvotes count in the behind. If Downvotes go over Upvotes and are in big amounts, then the treshhold will trigger. So If someone frankly finds some post rude/inaccurate in measure that it should be ignored, they'll just vote without seeing whether "they are part of the train". If it reaches measure that majority voting decided it is over limit, treshhold would still work. If some post is better in its means that the other, Upvotes will still levitate it.