Say it loud and say it proud - Kotaku In Action 2

Say it loud and say it proud (media.scored.co)

posted 265 days ago by SparkMandrill83 265 days ago by SparkMandrill83 +83 / -0

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– AntonioOfVenice 1 point 265 days ago +1 / -0

A 51% opinion gets positive score and looks very popular, a 49% opinion gets a negative score and looks like a garbage take. By hiding the total votes they make it impossible to tell if +100 is a popular opinion or a 51%.

51% will show up as 'controversial'. You can also see it in the percentage of votes on posts.

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– fauxgnaws 1 point 265 days ago +1 / -0

I'm not sure what the 'controversial dagger' math is. I think it's by close total up/down votes or something like that, not a percent, but in any case it's rarely shown on comments that are definitely both significantly upvoted and downvoted. Mostly only seen on low total score comments. Also turned off by default.

In any case 51% is for illustrative purposes; real divisive issues are probably more like 2/3 and 1/3 because people participate more in forums where they agree with the hivemind.

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