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My votes haven't counted for a while, and my comment average is 2.64 according to http://searchyc.com/user/10ren?only=comments&sort=by_points http://searchyc.co

by 10ren 17y ago

My votes haven't counted for a while, and my comment average is 2.64 according to http://searchyc.com/user/10ren?only=comments&sort=by_points http://searchyc.com/user/10ren?only=comments&sort=by_poi... I think a respectful approach is to be upfront, and just say there's a cut-off, instead of making the votes appear to count. I assume you want to obscure it, to protect HN from scamming, but I'm not sure that valuing protection over respect will work in the long term. EDIT I'd like to upvote some of the comments here, but what's the point? They won't count.

jacquesm 17y ago
Not only that, if it is known beforehand that my votes won't count don't show me the silly buttons.
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  There's a contract that user interfaces have with people, it kind of goes something like this: I will show you a button. When you press it, something will happen. I should do everything possible to make the same thing happen every time, because if I keep making it different things, it's probably going to piss you off a lot. Seems like we're kind of getting backwards who is supposed to be in charge here, the person or the algorithm.
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    > it's probably going to piss you off a lot. We're getting there. The last few weeks have been pretty rough in this respect. Cheating your way to the top is fine, simple requests get denied, basic site functionality appears to be broken but turns out to be working as designed only nobody thought of making it plain. It's a fine line between subtlety and disrespect.