In this particular forum I think votes are a fairly good predictor of accuratese. They're definitely better than nothing.
For instance, I know nothing about security - without votes how am I to know that tptacek is an expert at security and not just some crazy script kiddie that has nothing better to do than post here with stuff he makes up? It seems I hold this community in higher regard than you since I would infer from massive upvotes that what he says is probably correct, and not that he has good debating skills.
For instance, I know nothing about security - without votes how am I to know that tptacek is an expert at security and not just some crazy script kiddie that has nothing better to do than post here with stuff he makes up? It seems I hold this community in higher regard than you since I would infer from massive upvotes that what he says is probably correct, and not that he has good debating skills.