MeTa post: Raising the level?

What about a "snark" label in addition to favorites? Short of a mod ban fest, the only way the discourse can be changed is through self policing. I don't think a snark counter should do anything other than sit in your profile. If you look at someone's comment and it has a [+30 favorites], and a [+12 snarkfilter], you'll be less likely to take them seriously.

People snark and fret about grammar because they DO care about what people think and what people think... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by JimmyJames at 3:22 PM on February 12, 2008