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Ask HN: How do you decide whether a link is upvote worthy or not?
People keep blaming Hacker News community for being rude/strict. I find the HN homepage very informative but sometimes /new has useful links ( with 3-4 upvotes ) that never make it to the homepage.
How do you decide which link to upvote?
- CyberFonic 10y agoI only upvote those links that make a contribution to my knowledge, understanding, awareness of a new trend or technology. Links to paywalled sites don't get upvoted. Nor do any pages that my ad-blocker blocks. I rarely upvote wannapreneur or motivational links. Although I do check /new, I have noticed that the volume of new material is such that unless you look at the first 90 or so entries a couple of times a day, you miss good stuff. But that is exactly the sort of addictive behaviour that I am trying to kick.