If a post has lots of comments and/or there is lots of votes on those posts, then the post should rank higher in the page listings. In turn I think the 'points' a user gets for making the post should not be based solely on the number of up votes the post received, but also based on how much discussion the post generated. This would do many things:
1) It encourages commenting on posts
2) It encourages people to read comments and vote on them
3) It makes it harder to vote farm and brigade. You can automate and script up-voting and posting. Much harder to fake actual discussion.
If a post has lots of comments and/or there is lots of votes on those posts, then the post should rank higher in the page listings. In turn I think the 'points' a user gets for making the post should not be based solely on the number of up votes the post received, but also based on how much discussion the post generated. This would do many things:
1) It encourages commenting on posts
2) It encourages people to read comments and vote on them
3) It makes it harder to vote farm and brigade. You can automate and script up-voting and posting. Much harder to fake actual discussion.
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