They work in theory if the group is small enough or in sync enough but in practice they warp the way people interact and it emphasizes groupthink very hard over the long-term
I've seen them in local news comments section (Disqus backed) and they seemed to reduce the surly replies a lot- ppl could just downvote and see their name in the hover and feel they'd registered their discontent w whatever recurring culture wars topic
most comments would get a few to many upvotes and no downvotes, some minor controversies would get a few downvotes, and occasionally some nasty comment would get a lot of downvotes
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Tweet · Dec 12, 2022Groupthink is underrated human consensus mechanismReply · Dec 3, 2023@JWach26 yes! i think ppl use the word too liberally for any group w shared beliefs & social ties; but also it is such a common human social…Reply · Jan 26, 2024@CConnorMahoney haha welcome... we're a community trying not to fall into the usual bad-cult centralized patterns of gurus and groupthinkReply · Jun 23, 2023@LastNPCAlex @ThatShawGuy I think his takes are wrong in novel ways, it's good to turn up the heat & avoid total groupthink