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That actually is the case for me now, and it's difficult to stop myself. There are a handful of users that always post interesting posts so when I am skimming a
by lhnz 15y ago
That actually is the case for me now, and it's difficult to stop myself. There are a handful of users that always post interesting posts so when I am skimming a thread and read one of their posts I am always more considerate to them...
- gnosis 15y agoPeople also probably make enemies on HN, and vote against people who they think have particularly loathsome opinions or against those who they've gotten in to particularly acrimonious arguments with. Revenge voting, spite voting, and fan voting would be mostly mitigated by making comments anonymous (ie. by not showing usernames next to comments). But people could still intentionally or unintentionally give themselves away by, for example, either signing their comment or by writing in a distinctive style. In any case, I'm pretty sure HN will never switch to completely anonymous comments for everyone, so this is all purely hypothetical.