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Poll: When do you upvote an article?
When do you upvote an article?
- moog 19y agoOption b). Where's the value, otherwise? Sometimes I forget to vote even when I intend to.
- twak 19y agoi often wonder why there isn't a "articles i've clicked on" section on the front page of so i can vote when i return
- edu 19y agob, though sometimes I read the article only in a superficial way. I think it lacks an option, sometimes I upvote a submission not by the article but for the discussion evolved from it.
- spydez 19y agod) I am the Scrooge of upvoting articles. I'm a bit more generous with upvoting comments, but I leave determining the front page to others.
- maxwell 19y agoGenerally b, unless the title itself is upvoteable (i.e. "Arc's Out").
- naish 19y agoe) The article is deserving of an upvote AND I'd like it committed to my list saved articles.
- twak 19y agof) The article is something that belongs on hn & i like it
- yters 19y agoSince the upvote also saves, I use it to save articles for future reading. Does this add too much noise?
- Spyckie 19y agoadd "to save an article for future reading."
- curi 19y agoi upvote articles after i comment on them and want people to see my comments
- mdemare 19y agoBefore reading if I've already read the article, if it's from a trusted source, if it's a start-up asking for feedback, if it's news that might lead to an interesting discussion or if it's a AskYC discussion that interests me.
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- iamwil 19y agoI've been wondering, since lately, I see about half of the articles on the front page I don't read or if I read, didn't upvote--which leads to me wondering how it made it on the front page. I wondered if it was a difference in taste, or people just upvote based on title. It seems like people are judicious with their votes.
- bdfh42 19y agoI upvote (and post) items I think are worthy of the attention of the "Hacker News" users. If something has already made it to the front page then it does no need an upvote (even if it was posted by Joel Spolsky ;)