>>stevek+(OP)
Slashdot also did a few things that allowed this to work. They limited how many votes you had. It made you think of whether something was Insightful, flamebait, or funny, etc. If you give people unlimited votes, 1) Would the bother to categorize something as funny? 2) Would it still get boosted to the top, drowning other comments, and like reddit, eventually make the site useless?