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I’m not sure what you mean about HN identifying this. Aren’t HN’s points public?
by l33t233372 3y ago
I’m not sure what you mean about HN identifying this. Aren’t HN’s points public?
- fotta 3y agoPoints on individual comments aren't. But they are still ranked so in a way the effect is still there, just reduced.
- HWR_14 3y agoYour point count is public. The score on your comments is not.
- willis936 3y agoI can't see how many points your comment has and I don't think you can see how many mine has. All we know is that a majority of others have not downvoted our comments because they are not grey. This breaks up the impulse to dogpile or blindly conformally agree. It asks users to think about their votes because it removes the motivations to be impulsive.