Let's say that 127 million people LIKE the Mono Lisa. What does that tell you about the quality of the painting?
For your argument to be sound, it has to apply equally to upmodding as to downmodding. So might as well get rid of modding entirely and just have all the crap come in unfiltered?
It is true that if a lot of people downmod something, this does not necessarily mean that thing sucks.
But it is also true that A LOT OF THE TIME when a lot of people downmods something, that thing does in fact suck.
Hows about we add downmodding and also tags and a way for each user to specify his/her own set of filter parameters?
For your argument to be sound, it has to apply equally to upmodding as to downmodding. So might as well get rid of modding entirely and just have all the crap come in unfiltered?
It is true that if a lot of people downmod something, this does not necessarily mean that thing sucks.
But it is also true that A LOT OF THE TIME when a lot of people downmods something, that thing does in fact suck.
Hows about we add downmodding and also tags and a way for each user to specify his/her own set of filter parameters?