And if it so happens that a silly idea somehow gains majority approval, doesn’t it mean it’s not a silly idea? Judging other people’s ideas is purely subjective.
If I detest the idea of pouring my milk after dumping in my cereal and everyone likes it, who’s to say which is the sillier method?
If they don’t, then why are you so opposed to this idea? If they don’t matter, then there’s no reason for you to dislike this idea right? They don’t matter, after all
Not really. The game isn’t designed by vote. It’s designed by professional game designers who go beyond what’s popular, to consider what’s technically viable, what fits in the overall style of the game, what makes business sense, etc.
Popular within the community doesn’t elevate any idea above silly on it’s own. Not without the much broader context considered by CCP.
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But you aren’t talking about majority rule.
You are talking about only allowing popular people to even take part in discussion, and allowing overall popularity of someone to dictate if any of their opinions are ever listened to.
Rather than the idea standing on its own merit.
And you really can’t see how bad an idea this is?
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Using leeches theraputically was popular at one time, because of a lack of understanding and bad information being given to the masses that never questioned it. Now leeches are just considered to mainly be a pest.
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No, that was the previous iteration of the idea. I have acknowledged people’s complaints, and if you reread the idea at the top now it’s been changed. Karma has NO functionality, it’s just a number for other people to look at.
Yes, your actions have consequence. It already happens all the time; I’m sure whenever a new topic gets posted by person XXX that you know only has ideas you don’t like, you instinctively know you probably won’t like the new idea either
That’s a very valid point. And as a result, the majority opinion moved away from using leaches as a treatment to diseases.
In fact, this only further strengthens my point. If there’s enough evidence to support someone’s idea, precedence gets thrown out the window.
Karma will have NO functionality on forums, only serving as a way to gauge past posts. Ultimately, it’s still up to the individual to decide if they want to up/downvote new topics by someone, regardless of their karma
Then you’re an idiot. Ideas should be judged on their individual merits, not an appeal to popularity fallacy.
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Isn’t that just your opinion? If everyone disagrees with a good idea, then is it really a good idea? Isn’t the definition of good subjectively based on peoples’ beliefs?
Yes, conforming to the popular opinion isn’t always correct. So what? New ideas are not objectively “good” or “bad”. Karma only serves to help influence someone’s opinion
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Karma only serves to help influence someone’s opinion
But why should it? Why should the popularity of a person or their previous posts have any effect on how you evaluate their current idea? Are you too stupid to figure out your own opinion of someone’s idea without having a “this person is popular, you should agree with them” note attached?
If you place so much value in popularity, then it should be abundantly clear to you by now that your idea is very unpopular. At this point you should concede that fact and pipe down, be the change you want to see and all that, lmao.
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I think it’s crap and unneeded.
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The only winning move is… not to play.
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To me forum… Forum Karma is somebody killing you for something you said on forums. It is the reason why forum alts exists. People were afraid of getting targeted ingame.
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No it does not.
You claim that the majority is right, but then you claim that the majority can change. Either it’s right, OR it can change, but not both.
Yes, no.
Unpopular does not imply bad, so a good idea can be unpopular. Actually that’s pretty much always the case, any good idea is at a moment or another unpopular. That’s because the majority of people don’t understand the situation : they lack the time, the experience, the explanations ; they have other issues and can’t focus their mind on the 1000 issues that exist. So they misunderstand the issue, and its solution. Mind you, it’s the same for politics. Political decisions in non-political fields are just as bad as those of common citizen (actually even worse, for reasons of conflicts of interests)
And no, a definition of good that is based on people’s opinion is a morale definition, which thus can’t be used to make rational decisions, and is therefore bad. What’s more, if we accept that we can use a popular subjective definition of good and bad as a basis for taking actions, we accept that the next day the opinion changed and that we thus took a bad decision.
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This is stupid and only promotes echo chambers. Please ■■■■ off.
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■■■■■■■ cowards, all of them.
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I like the “please” included. Perhaps I should try it as well next time.
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Because I judge people based on their past actions? Actions have consequences, and yes I’m unable to figure out how good some opinions are without precedence.
If a person is caught speeding for the first time, it’s likely that the person may be let off with a light slap to the wrist.
If a person is caught speeding for the 50th time, they’re sure as hell going to get a speeding ticket.
You are mixing breaking laws with a popularity contest…how about compare apples to apples.