Originally Posted by
intuition
The self-censoring however is documented on other social media sites and
I haven't seen any sign of someone providing that documentation in this thread; the only definite negatives provided were the Fatwallet/Slickdeals discussions, and those are a much, much heavier reputation mechanism than has been discussed here.
the threat of fewer and/or lower quality contributions is real and not vanishingly small.
There have been a very small number of old-timers who've implied that, and it's a pity. That it's a more general threat has not been demonstrated at all, that I can see.
Not that what I can see matters, on that point. I've said my piece, you've said yours, and the people who actually get to make the decision are unlikely to give either of us any more weight for repeating ourselves.
But I guess it is pointless having this discussion. If you like the like, then nothing's gonna change that.
Short of providing that documentation, or running another poll to try to demonstrate that people would self-censor in appreciable numbers (again, nobody's proposing down-voting) I'm not sure there's more to be said.