Third, there are the serial downvoters. Admins thought requiring people to join communities in order to vote would solve this problem. No, because their goal is to suppress contributions overall, so they just join to downvote.
Can you say more about this? What do you think the serial downvoters are up to? Do they just downvote or do they upvote in some situations too?
OK, so I have looked at this in the past week and I think you hit the nail on the head with your page contention suggestion. Seems like most casual browsers will be looking at one of three feeds: active, top hour and top six hours. I think the most viewed is active as it is the default and people coming here, wistful with a fist full, are less interested to change that. The difference between page one of active and page two is good for between 3-20 upvotes in an hour, depending on the overall popularity of the post. When a post gets to the bottom of the page it’s possible to bump it off with as few as two downvotes.
Can you say more about this? What do you think the serial downvoters are up to? Do they just downvote or do they upvote in some situations too?
I don’t know motives. I can’t read minds. But that it drives away contributors is something I’m pretty sure of.
OK, so I have looked at this in the past week and I think you hit the nail on the head with your page contention suggestion. Seems like most casual browsers will be looking at one of three feeds: active, top hour and top six hours. I think the most viewed is active as it is the default and people coming here, wistful with a fist full, are less interested to change that. The difference between page one of active and page two is good for between 3-20 upvotes in an hour, depending on the overall popularity of the post. When a post gets to the bottom of the page it’s possible to bump it off with as few as two downvotes.