Difficulty in Measuring Divisiveness of Proposals with Ranked Preferences
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •Focuses on the problem of measuring divisiveness in ranked preference scenarios.
- •Applies an axiomatic approach to analyze the problem.
- •Highlights fundamental difficulties in defining and selecting divisive proposals.
- •Relevant to the design of online platforms for digital democracy.
“The paper shows that selecting the most divisive proposals in a manner that satisfies certain seemingly mild normative requirements faces a number of fundamental difficulties.”