Originally Posted by
nkedel
Where this gets dangerous would be if IB started a "trending posts" (which got a lot of likes) or started prioritizing posts by likes rather than chronologically, or if there's a downvote option (not sure which is worse, anonymous or not, but both have serious downsides.)
1. Trending by unmonitored software would be dangerous. But a person choosing items for the FlyerTalk home page could make good use of Helpful count to identify candidates.
2. Changing thread display according to Helpful ratings was once something I favored. As you say, it carries gaming danger. I no longer favor this complication. It also sounds hard to implement.
3. Downvotes carry danger, probably mitigated by not allowing the total to go below zero. I'm not interested in pursuing any downvote feature until we have extensive experience with an upvote only system.