Voat seems to have gained a large percentage of idiots in the past several months or over the past year. One guy tried to prove his intelligence by asking me about the binomial theorem, which I learned in 8th grade algebra. I don't expect everyone to be expert in math, but one should have some sense of one's expertise, and not be a walking embodiment of Dunning-Kruger idiocy.
A year or so ago, if I made a reasonable comment, I'd generally get an up vote. There was effectively a group mind that tended to give comments an aggregate of 1 or 0 votes. (Uncorrelated, non-group mind votes would, statistically, be more dispersed.) Now, a great many comments are left at zero.
Neither of these is that extreme, but over time, they leave me with a sense of "Why bother?"
Voat seems to have gained a large percentage of idiots in the past several months or over the past year. One guy tried to prove his intelligence by asking me about the binomial theorem, which I learned in 8th grade algebra. I don't expect everyone to be expert in math, but one should have some sense of one's expertise, and not be a walking embodiment of Dunning-Kruger idiocy.
A year or so ago, if I made a reasonable comment, I'd generally get an up vote. There was effectively a group mind that tended to give comments an aggregate of 1 or 0 votes. (Uncorrelated, non-group mind votes would, statistically, be more dispersed.) Now, a great many comments are left at zero.
Neither of these is that extreme, but over time, they leave me with a sense of "Why bother?"
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