Hey Mark Nuzz... I thought about the issue you raised (problems w/ Reddit comments and their dynamics) in this email back in August, and here is my suggestion... what do you think?
http://multiverseaccordingtoben.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/avoiding-tyranny-of-majority-in.html -- Ben G On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:23 AM, A. T. Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark Nuzzolilo wrote on 27 August 2012: > [...] >> 1) Reddit is where the masses (at least in my part of >> the world) go to talk about things. >> >> 2) Comments are artificially moved by a computer algorithm. >> People influence the movement by clicking on buttons to >> approve or disapprove of something that is said. It's often >> done without much thought or >care, just a first impulse. >> >> 3) The voting tends to favor a strong bias toward certain >> patterns, which are not directly designed or programmed >> by Reddit, but are rather an emergent consequence >> indirectly resulting from the site's >design. >> >> 4) The results in the voting determine who has a stronger >> voice. The stronger the voice, the more people see it. >> >> 5) Based on these votes, the site gives people rewards >> for being popular, and punishes them for being unpopular. >> People who might have slightly opposing cultural beliefs >> could become assimilated and become thinking more similar >> to those who earn the most votes. People who disagree with >> those who carry the most votes may find themselves without >> many people to talk to, since people don't use forums anymore, >> they use Reddit more. Less people to talk to means these >> people do not get to share their ideas quite as much. [...] > > I take a lot of flak (Fliegerabwehrkanone) for my AI ideas, > but I persist in "Redditing" because of useful sub-Reddits: > > http://www.reddit.com/r/artificial > > is the sub-Reddit on artificial intelligence. See also: > > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming > > http://www.reddit.com/r/technology > > Mentifex (Arthur) > -- > http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/AiMind.html > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-11ac2389 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
