Well put. For the record I regularly upvote things passed to me by other HNer friends (some of them YC alums), but I always read it first and make sure it's som

Well put. For the record I regularly upvote things passed to me by other HNer friends (some of them YC alums), but I always read it first and make sure it's something I'm comfortable upvoting. And I occasionally bring articles (both my own and other people's) to those same friends' attention. The ultimate decider has to be whether the article is good and worthy of an upvote. I think I have mistakenly upvoted something that was actually bad maybe 3 times in the two years I've been here, and each time I felt really bad about it. Basically, if you wouldn't happily submit it yourself, don't upvote it.