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Voting is primarily a way to express that you agree/disagree without adding a redundant comment. Maybe you're thinking of other sites that are indeed intended
by dec0dedab0de 6y ago
Voting is primarily a way to express that you agree/disagree without adding a redundant comment. Maybe you're thinking of other sites that are indeed intended to be used that way.
- Thorrez 6y ago> Maybe you're thinking of other sites that are indeed intended to be used that way. Do you have an example? It also seems probable that HN intended voting to be used that way as well. The intended use case isn't always what users use something for.
- dec0dedab0de 6y agoI might be wrong about the initial intention, but it's been the norm as long as I can remember, here is a comment from pg in 2008. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171