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Something that Arstechnica does that I really like is that it shows you the up/down count on an individual comment. It allows you to see the struggle and you ca
by pcunite 11y ago
Something that Arstechnica does that I really like is that it shows you the up/down count on an individual comment. It allows you to see the struggle and you can make a decision based on that to help it out.
- scribu 11y agoI'm having a hard time seeing how voting based on "the struggle" would help increase the quality of the discussion (compared to voting based on the actual merit of the comment).
- URSpider94 11y agoHN used to do that, and they took it away, presumably because it was engendering cooperative behavior (piling on, counter-voting to be part of "the struggle", etc.)
- scrollaway 11y agoAs a frequent commenter on both reddit and HN, the hidden vote counts on HN are far better. Coupled with fresh comments showing up at the top sometimes, they remove most parts of the mob mentality that goes on on reddit.