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Originally Posted by photon
The only downside to that is if someone has an unpopular opinion then their posts can get pushed down even though their thoughts are still valid or at least well reasoned.
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I agree that it will probably impact how some people vote. However, the threshold should be high enough that fringe voters wouldn't impact it too much. In the example link I showed, I think that there were posts still visible where 5 of 5 votes felt the post did not contribute. They probably have it set that you have to have a fair number of votes and less than 10% finding it useful before it is blocked. A well thought out, but unpopular opinion, should get enough positive votes to stick around.
Anyway, something to think about if the software ever adds that feature.
James.