Aren't some posts just null? I mean some posts are just comments or asides that really don't merit an up or down vote. We wouldn't have to vote on every post, right?
Thats what i was talking about. You will have a troll post something completely stupid, and all the other trolls will vote it up. Like i said, i like the idea, it just wont work.
I dunno, sounds like you're the troll here.
He's not staff.
On the default site staff have a green pawn, like ignoble.
I thought you were staff, too, Martin. What happened to you guys' little pawn thingies?
He's working undercover now.
Some people have the opinion that mods shouldn't post like regular members, and were trying to silence me, so I decided I didn't want that headache and would rather be a normal member.
I think the idea is BAD!
One of the most dehumanizing things about social media is the herd mentality encouraged by exactly what you propose.
I could not possibly care less about other people's opinions of what I write or read. And anyone that lets a MOB decide what information they have access to is a EUNUCH.
NEWS FLASH! --- MOST PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS!
Who is the genius programming executive that started the practice OF MINGLING THE PRESENTATION OF NEWS AND INSTANT REAL-TIME SOCIAL MEDIA POLLING??!!
Every time I see a cable news program say something like "Candidate Trump says Mexicans are drug-smuggling rapists... WHAT DO YOU THINK? CAST YOUR VOTE ON TWITTER: #TOODAMNSTUPIDTOTHINKFORMYSELF"... I just want to put a shotgun in my mouth and pull the trigger.
Mankind... DOOMED... DOOMED I SAY!!
It only works well if there are enough regular members willing to upvote content to completely off-set the troll posters. Or make it so that if you don't have a positive value you can't upvote or downvote any content. Even then, that could be gamed, just a little harder.
According to your theory, the idiots will downvote everyone else - who then will be unable to use this as they are downvoted. So only idiots will be able to use it.
Exactly!
Some people base their level of self-esteem on their accumulation of "LIKES"... IT'S LUNACY!
@cnj513, Do you know why there are a lot less troll topics on Reddit?
Allow only premium members to vote...
I don't know if I like it very much, but it is online now!
Well done, OP. You kinda ruined chess.com 
I'm just going to cross-link with the 2021 thread in the general forum when upvoting/downvoting got deployed:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/upvotes-downvotes-on-chess-com
so that the people following this thread from 2017 won't miss the current discussion.
This is actually a good idea!