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People might resent being asked for an up-vote. I suspect that many people would read something, then move on, not especially interested. They might consider
by RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
People might resent being asked for an up-vote. I suspect that many people would read something, then move on, not especially interested. They might consider up-voting having been asked, but then feel that the person asking is just doing so for the karma. I want to make it clear that I'm asking to get the item noticed, because I think the item has value, and not because I want the karma.
There are items where I've used this idea and simply been down-voted without getting many up-votes at all. That's fine, I really, to some extent, don't care about the karma.
But occasionally I care about the item, and I want to encourage people to up-vote without them resenting being asked.
I hope that's clear - thanks for giving me the opportunity to expand on my intentions.
- jacquesm 17y agoJust posting a link is asking for an upvote :)
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoI can see your point of view, and no doubt many agree with it, but not to me. To me, posting a link is offering something that people might think is interesting.
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- jacquesm 17y agoWhat on earth has twitter got to do with it ? I think you're confusing RoG with the article author.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoSo you conclude that I am James Grime? If so, you are wrong. There are several people here on HN who have done some homework and found out who I really am. I am not connected with PiDayMagic, and I am not touting for twitter followers. Feel free to flag, down-vote, or whatever, that's your prerogative, but your accusation is mis-placed. Feel free to email me to make your accusations clearer if I've misread what you're saying.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoTo put the later comments into context ... The deleted comment was someone saying that "Everyone knows" that this is a flagrant attempt to get twitter followers, that it's spam, and they'd flagged it. Having down-voted and flagged, they then discover that they were wrong, and instead of apologising and retracting the comment, they simply deleted it, leaving, of course, the down-votes.