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Q&A Categorical or criterion-based voting

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by Julius H.‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Canina‭

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Julius H.‭ · 2024-02-25T22:58:14Z (9 months ago)

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I am starting to strongly lean towards that votes should pretty much always come with explanations. I wonder if it is not such a radical change in system design to replace the universal or generic upvote/downvote with a category-based reaction system. In its simplest iteration, it could focus on a small, tight set of criteria that the Codidact admin consider fundamental to Codidact content. For example,
- Is it answerable / Does it answer the question?
- Is it emotionally kind, neutral, or unkind?
- Is it clear, edited, polished, and succinct, or “needs work”, messy, turbid, unfocused, etc.?
- Is it accurate, and is its accuracy verifiable in some way? (Citations, or simply sound argumentation.)
~~These can be summarized in four simple terms: **precision, accuracy, neutrality, clarity**.~~
Here is a question for an example:
[Is Kant's categorical imperative applicable to Q&A sites like Codidact?](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/290906)
I don’t want to simply upvote or downvote this question. My initial reaction is that I like the general intention behind the question, yet immediately am also struck by that it is not as “answerable” as it could be. The easiest way to engage with it would be to react with, “not sufficiently answerable”. The user would then see that as a form of constructive feedback. They - or anyone - could try to refine the question. Then, I could come back and it would be easier for me to answer.
We could still have a numerical score for questions based on the criteria, as a weighted sum.
The format could be similar to how people nowadays react with emoji to GitHub Issues or Discord messages. You can choose to react with a certain badge, essentially - one of a few ones offered.

I am starting to strongly lean towards that votes should pretty much always come with explanations. I wonder if it is not such a radical change in system design to replace the universal or generic upvote/downvote with a category-based reaction system. In its simplest iteration, it could focus on a small, tight set of criteria that the Codidact admin consider fundamental to Codidact content. For example,
- Is it answerable / Does it answer the question?
- Is it emotionally kind, neutral, or unkind?
- Is it clear, edited, polished, and succinct, or “needs work”, messy, turbid, unfocused, etc.?
- Is it accurate, and is its accuracy verifiable in some way? (Citations, or simply sound argumentation.)
These can be summarized in four simple terms: **precision, accuracy, neutrality, clarity = CNAP**, pronounced “snap”, as in “keep it snappy”.
Here is a question for an example:
[Is Kant's categorical imperative applicable to Q&A sites like Codidact?](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/290906)
I don’t want to simply upvote or downvote this question. My initial reaction is that I like the general intention behind the question, yet immediately am also struck by that it is not as “answerable” as it could be. The easiest way to engage with it would be to react with, “not sufficiently answerable”. The user would then see that as a form of constructive feedback. They - or anyone - could try to refine the question. Then, I could come back and it would be easier for me to answer.
We could still have a numerical score for questions based on the criteria, as a weighted sum.
The format could be similar to how people nowadays react with emoji to GitHub Issues or Discord messages. You can choose to react with a certain badge, essentially - one of a few ones offered.

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Julius H.‭ · 2024-02-25T22:56:50Z (9 months ago)

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I am starting to strongly lean towards that votes should pretty much always come with explanations. I wonder if it is not such a radical change in system design to replace the universal or generic upvote/downvote with a category-based reaction system. In its simplest iteration, it could focus on a small, tight set of criteria that the Codidact admin consider fundamental to Codidact content. For example,
- Is it answerable / Does it answer the question?
- Is it emotionally kind, neutral, or unkind?
- Is it clear, edited, polished, and succinct, or “needs work”, messy, turbid, unfocused, etc.?
- Is it accurate, and is its accuracy verifiable in some way? (Citations, or simply sound argumentation.)
Here is a question for an example:
[Is Kant's categorical imperative applicable to Q&A sites like Codidact?](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/290906)
I don’t want to simply upvote or downvote this question. My initial reaction is that I like the general intention behind the question, yet immediately am also struck by that it is not as “answerable” as it could be. The easiest way to engage with it would be to react with, “not sufficiently answerable”. The user would then see that as a form of constructive feedback. They - or anyone - could try to refine the question. Then, I could come back and it would be easier for me to answer.
We could still have a numerical score for questions based on the criteria, as a weighted sum.
The format could be similar to how people nowadays react with emoji to GitHub Issues or Discord messages. You can choose to react with a certain badge, essentially - one of a few ones offered.

I am starting to strongly lean towards that votes should pretty much always come with explanations. I wonder if it is not such a radical change in system design to replace the universal or generic upvote/downvote with a category-based reaction system. In its simplest iteration, it could focus on a small, tight set of criteria that the Codidact admin consider fundamental to Codidact content. For example,
- Is it answerable / Does it answer the question?
- Is it emotionally kind, neutral, or unkind?
- Is it clear, edited, polished, and succinct, or “needs work”, messy, turbid, unfocused, etc.?
- Is it accurate, and is its accuracy verifiable in some way? (Citations, or simply sound argumentation.)
These can be summarized in four simple terms: **precision, accuracy, neutrality, clarity**.
Here is a question for an example:
[Is Kant's categorical imperative applicable to Q&A sites like Codidact?](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/290906)
I don’t want to simply upvote or downvote this question. My initial reaction is that I like the general intention behind the question, yet immediately am also struck by that it is not as “answerable” as it could be. The easiest way to engage with it would be to react with, “not sufficiently answerable”. The user would then see that as a form of constructive feedback. They - or anyone - could try to refine the question. Then, I could come back and it would be easier for me to answer.
We could still have a numerical score for questions based on the criteria, as a weighted sum.
The format could be similar to how people nowadays react with emoji to GitHub Issues or Discord messages. You can choose to react with a certain badge, essentially - one of a few ones offered.

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Julius H.‭ · 2024-02-25T22:54:06Z (9 months ago)

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Categorical or criterion-based voting

I am starting to strongly lean towards that votes should pretty much always come with explanations. I wonder if it is not such a radical change in system design to replace the universal or generic upvote/downvote with a category-based reaction system. In its simplest iteration, it could focus on a small, tight set of criteria that the Codidact admin consider fundamental to Codidact content. For example,

- Is it answerable / Does it answer the question?
- Is it emotionally kind, neutral, or unkind?
- Is it clear, edited, polished, and succinct, or “needs work”, messy, turbid, unfocused, etc.?
- Is it accurate, and is its accuracy verifiable in some way? (Citations, or simply sound argumentation.)

Here is a question for an example:

[Is Kant's categorical imperative applicable to Q&A sites like Codidact?](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/290906)

I don’t want to simply upvote or downvote this question. My initial reaction is that I like the general intention behind the question, yet immediately am also struck by that it is not as “answerable” as it could be. The easiest way to engage with it would be to react with, “not sufficiently answerable”. The user would then see that as a form of constructive feedback. They - or anyone - could try to refine the question. Then, I could come back and it would be easier for me to answer.

We could still have a numerical score for questions based on the criteria, as a weighted sum.

The format could be similar to how people nowadays react with emoji to GitHub Issues or Discord messages. You can choose to react with a certain badge, essentially - one of a few ones offered.

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