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I do flag it when it's particularly anodyne, but I'm intrigued by its purpose. Why does anyone bother to do it?
by frereubu 2y ago
I do flag it when it's particularly anodyne, but I'm intrigued by its purpose. Why does anyone bother to do it?
- pvg 2y agoEasy upvotes from people who hit the comments first before looking at the article, mostly.
- frereubu 2y agoBut do they really get upvoted for such pointless comments? I'd be really interested to see the numbers. I suppose it could be cargo culting, where they see others do it and think it must work, even if it doesn't.
- pvg 2y agoI imagine some of them do since it's seen as a 'convenience' for the reader who might upvote the comment (and the article itself, if it's something they're interested in). And yes I think it does have some kind of social element - people do it in other places and it drifts back into HN. There's a whole bunch of such folklore some of which gets naturally misapplied to HN, 'don't downvote for disagreement' probably being the most famous-while-inaccurate.
- thimkerbell 2y agoI will leave you to your pondering, sir.