this may have been discussed before, but I think a good way to handle the “arguments” is to provide the ability to reply to an answer and make it so you can hide or show the replies for a given answer. maybe like a tree setup. (similar to Digg). I think the arguments are critical to fluther because of the nature of fluther, but it does get a little tiring to read through all of the responses and matching up the responses with other responses.
The only problem with that option is that the correct answer may be within the arguments and might not be seen . I don’t think there is an answer to changing the scoring scheme for argument replies. I think it’s up to us Fluther users to make better judgment calls as to what deserves a GA.
I imagine the original vision of GA’s was to show the person asking the question which answer other people agree with and to award the answerer for a good answer, which in turn strengthens their credibility. I think lurve has turned into a “high-five” system.
Maybe that’s the answer…create a separate scoring system for “high-five’s”. so-and-so has 1000 lurve points and 2350 high-fives.