Are all voices equal on the site?

[Anonymous]

[SteveSmith1985]

Hell no. Some people are fucking idiots.

Some people are quite insightful and are very-much worth listening to. Other people will rot your freaking brain with horribly unhealthy twisted worldviews.

Just like in life... Different voices carry different weights. As it should be. Some people's views are straight-up more valuable and more helpful than others. Some people's views are downright horrible and should be indulged by no-one.

So, as in life... there's good people, and shitty people. You'd be a fool to think that any single voice is as valid as any other. It very much depends on WHOSE voice you're talking about. 🙂

[Asker]

I totally agree with your comment, however that's not exactly what I had in mind, when I wrote the question. I meant that some people's questions get more promoted more than others, although they're not always that good because they generate more traffic for the site

[SteveSmith1985]

Fair enough. I wasn't sure I was interpreting this question correctly. In that case, the answer is "no all voices are not equal on this site." I don't even think GAG makes any pretense that it's equal. You're absolutely right that (for whatever reason, decided by who the hell knows) some questions are promoted more often than others. There are even things like "feature questions" (whatever that means) and other such things that make it pretty clear that all voices are not equally promoted.

So yea... don't expect that from GAG... because... as you say, they are concerned with trying to drive traffic for the site. So whatever questions (good or not) that GAG big-wigs think will do that the best will definitely be more heavily promoted.

So... it's unequal as hell... but they're up-front about it. 🙂

[NostalgiaSenpi]

Technically speaking, no. Plenty of questions are promoted or opinions deleted that look like they very well shouldn't have.

[purplepoppy]

No some of us are more equal than others, just like in real life. If you're referring to getting questions promoted the secret is to be original and write and engaging comment alongside your question

[douride2]

They are supposed to be. In reality I doubt very much we are all equal.

[Asker]

I suspect so

[roy_ricky09]

That's a very good question
Answer is No.
GaG doesn't do shit about the truth or genuine opinion.
They just follow the reports. There's no free speech.

[boobliker]

I do think so and I have lost points for saying things before now

[clampfan101]

If given with respect.

[gorydetails]

nope.