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I totally agree with you. Sorry to get meta, but what is the rationale that HN doesn't show the number of upvotes to your comment? I hate that you get three co
by jstimpfle 11y ago
I totally agree with you.
Sorry to get meta, but what is the rationale that HN doesn't show the number of upvotes to your comment? I hate that you get three counter-comments and zero agree comments (because it's dumb to comment "I totally agree"), but the fact that (presumably) most people agree with you is hidden from the user.
- noelsusman 11y agoHN tries to discourage the us vs. them herd mentality that you're talking about. It's not about winning an argument, it's about having a discussion. There's no need to know how many other people agree with a particular comment, we should make up our own minds about it.
- jstimpfle 11y agoI agree it's wrong to center on votes instead of content. However, I'm often very interested what people's opinion is. For example, that has a strong influence on my temptation to raise my voice if I have strong opinions. So accessible vote counts might help reducing noise and pointing out where the controversy is. I think it would be a great compromise to have the vote count one or two clicks away.
- pvg 11y agothat has a strong influence on my temptation to raise my voice These days, they have a person running around reminding people who succumb to that temptation not to. Seems to work well. So accessible vote counts might help reducing noise It introduces noise very similar to the 'visible downvotes' noise.
- arbitrage 11y agoRaising your voice isn't really a great way to convince other people to consider your side of an issue.
- patates 11y agoBecause it doesn't matter how many people agree with you. The only important thing is what you are actually saying.