To offer a different perspective, I find upvote counts useful. Part of why I’m on HN is to follow the community and understand what the community finds importa

To offer a different perspective, I find upvote counts useful. Part of why I’m on HN is to follow the community and understand what the community finds important. In practice I read submissions that look interesting to me and I also read those that received an unusually high number of votes, even if I find them uninteresting or disagree with them.