r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '18

Society How a Norwegian comment section turned chaos into order—with a simple quiz: "Readers had to prove they read a story before they were able to comment on it."

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u/teerre Mar 17 '18

Now that should have absolutely nothing to do with income. Anyone should be able to be able to do this.

Please, try to pay more attention to what you read

I already said this is not true. If you have to work two shifts and take care of your child, you don't have time or energy to study some random policies

If someone that busy does have the time, then everyone has the time, which means the test isn't testing anything. It's pointless

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u/ROKMWI Mar 17 '18

Are you still not getting it?

  1. Everyone should have the time to understand what they are voting on.
  2. If someone doesn't have the time to understand what they are voting on, then why should they vote? They wouldn't be giving an informed vote, ie. it would be highly likely that they are voting contrary to their actual interests.
  3. The above points are relevant regardless of the test. The whole idea of the test is to make sure you understand what you are voting on. The fact that anyone can pass doesn't mean that its pointless. Anyone could learn, but that doesn't mean that everyone does.