> we can’t ever know what everyone’s thinking when they up/down zap

right. I sometimes even include "please comment rather than zapping unless you have absolutely nothing to add"

No clue what the signal really shows, we can’t ever know what everyone’s thinking when they up/down zap!

0xbitcoiner

then a downzapped feed is just as arbitrary as the main feed.

The real issue isn’t visibility, it’s signal integrity:

are downzaps measuring content quality, or something else?

If it’s the latter, then both feeds are just different projections of the same noise.

How about a new filter for downzaped posts?

If the signal is 

>“whatever people want to give,” 

then a downzapped feed is just as arbitrary as the main feed.

You’re just flipping the sort.

The real issue isn’t visibility, it’s signal integrity:

are downzaps measuring content quality, or something else?

If it’s the latter, then both feeds are just different projections of the same noise.