> edit: I even click in on my name to check if I've gotten any upvotes or responses. I understand it's all worthless I don't much care for the upvotes (nor the

> edit: I even click in on my name to check if I've gotten any upvotes or responses. I understand it's all worthless I don't much care for the upvotes (nor the occasional down) but the responses are not always worthless. In fact a count of responses (in total or since last visit) would be more useful to me in the top right of the page where the vote count currently sits. Someone might be correcting or refining what I've said in a way the I'll find useful, or someone could be asking for clarity on what I've said which, assuming I have time to respond back, might be useful to others too, or might highlight that I'm not as sure as I thought I was originally which again may help my understanding. This isn't true elsewhere of course, HN is one of the few places online, other than private groups, where responses have a reasonable chance of being useful.