I've been a little hesitant to write this because it shows my ignorance. The cliché is, "There's no such thing as a stupid question." I'm old enough to know that this saying is hogwash and that there are infinitely many stupid questions. I hope this is not one.
Still, I'm going to ask...
...how are VYB and POB alike and how are they different?
My 9th grade English teacher taught me that to "compare and contrast" is to analyze the similarities and the differences. She drew a Venn diagram on the board. I still don't know who Venn is or was, but she or he must have been pretty doggone clever to wrangle such a lasting legacy out of something as simple as drawing two ovals.
Update: just looked it up...an English chap he was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Venn
Anywho...
The initial posts for VYB have been wrought with details and maths. I like that. It suggests that time and pre-meditated thought has been put into this endeavor. However, I don't really have time to dig into the nuts-and-bolts of what all it's telling me.
So, I'm asking, how are VYB and POB alike and different?
My possibly inaccurate understanding follows...
- there are gripes with POB (and Hive) as to allowing downvotes, thus VYB will not allow them
- there are gripes with POB (and Hive) as to allowing self upvotes, thus VYB will not allow them
- VYB is new, POB is not new
- else, other things are the same
These understandings may be entirely wrong, but that's why I'm asking! Please correct me if these notions are indeed mistaken. And thanks for any help.
To summarize, my questions are:
- How are VYB and POB alike?
- And how are they different?
:)