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Comments are disproportionately critical and/or argumentative, but that's because it's a waste of bandwidth to post a comment saying, "I agree!" That's what the
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
Comments are disproportionately critical and/or argumentative, but that's because it's a waste of bandwidth to post a comment saying, "I agree!" That's what the up-arrow is for.
- codexon 17y agoBlogs don't usually have up arrows.
- codexon 17y agoWhy the downvotes? The topic of this article is not about Hacker News, it is about blogs in general.
- toothcomb 17y agoIs this what the up arrow is for? I'd rather, insightful, funny, factual. Posting for consensus is pretty pointless in my opinion. Not that it's particularly obvious what that arrow is for in the first place.