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hodlbod | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 That's fair. Human language is much more than can be compressed into a binary up/down vote, even for the simplest single-character pictograms.
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straycat | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 The fact that human expression is always and unavoidably subject to interpretation is something we have to come to terms with as we build reputation systems. This realization has been a key influence on my design of the grapevine.