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Yes please. Also, the poll at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2445039 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2445039 showed that most people agree.

• Terretta 15y ago
  And yet, an astonishing number prefer without. I'd argue that as the particular problem being worked on is increasing group think, this would be a perfect example of herd mentality or popularity contest leading us in the wrong direction. Throughout threads such as these, the general reason for votes is to avoid reading or to be told without thinking what to think, while the general reason given for preferring them gone is an elevation in discussion. The second was the stated goal for hiding them in the first place, and the first is the problem to combat -- glib votes.