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Comment by scarmig | Hacker News Reader

I'm a fan of easy ability to downvote and upvote.

What I would be interested in is a more sophisticated ordering than by net number of votes. For example, I'm sure some people's upvotes correlate well with my own (and probably some people's downvotes correlate with my upvotes!) If comments could somehow be ordered by how likely I am to upvote them, based on historical correlations between my and others' votes, that seems like an interesting approach.

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If we must have the one-click convenience (I'm not convinced it's necessary) I'd prefer to have few labels like "I disagree" "Not true" "Off topic" "Pls read the article" "Disgusting" etc. instead of downvote button, perhaps also similar for upvote.

Or may be both up- and downvoted messages should make it to the top, while ignored messages should slowly sink?

I would rather view in chronological order. I think that it should be an option. Sorting by "controversial" as suggested in another comment should be another option.

I'd prefer to have few labels like "I disagree" "Not true" "Off topic" "Pls read the article" "Disgusting"

Slashdot used to have that, it didn’t save it.

I'd really like "I learned something" as a vote button. It's poisonous to think that I agreeing with something means I have to adopt the other person's stance on an issue, and if I disagree I have to denounce their contribution as horrible and bad.

Some of the best stuff I've ever read didn't change my overall stance on the issue, but gave it nuance and depth it didn't have before, and more respect for the person on the other side.

But don't you think that if you are exposed more to comments that correlate with your own preference, it would lead to creation of an echo chamber?

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