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What you call "visible support" is really only "polluting the comments". "Me too" posts just fill up the comments with text without substance. See also: * Feb
by yaix 14y ago
What you call "visible support" is really only "polluting the comments". "Me too" posts just fill up the comments with text without substance.
See also:
* Feb 1983 First "Me too" post (http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html)
- doorhammer 14y agoI read everything leading to this.
- sp332 14y agoOn Disqus, Google+, Facebook, and most other sites supporting "likes", you can see who upvoted your comment. But this site is missing that built-in functionality.
- mbreese 14y agoYou also can't see the scores of comments you didn't write. What's your point? The way people interact with HN has a way of influencing the comment stream in nuanced ways. Not releasing all of the information about scoring publicly (or even the score) is an experiment about how such things affect the conversation. One may not like it, but the general consensus is that "me too" comments just clutter the conversation and don't add anything. If you agree (or disagree, but appreciate the argument) then up vote.
- sp332 14y agoYou also can't see the scores of comments you didn't write. What's your point? That is my point. I understand that this site is an experiment, my point is that it doesn't suit every use case. Not everyone agrees with the general consensus all the time.