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There is either an unvote or undown option once you’ve hit one
by shric 7mo ago
There is either an unvote or undown option once you’ve hit one
- oneeyedpigeon 7mo agoAh, thanks. That confirms I upvoted, but I think "vote" is a silly verb to use to convey the opposite of "down"!
- rimbo789 7mo agoI’d say 60% of the time I go to vote I click a users name instead when I’m on mobile.
- shric 7mo agoI agree, but I struggle to think of a cleaner way without sacrificing the minimalist and mostly accessible theme. I love that there are no images, not even Unicode emojis, no ads, no side bars, etc.
- oneeyedpigeon 7mo ago"unup"? I know that sounds a bit weird, but I think the unambiguity still makes it better. "Unupvote" might be an alternative, if that's 'less weird'. There are alternatives to a simple word change. For example, instead of hiding both arrows, it could just keep the one you pressed, but in grey.
- kibwen 7mo agoNowadays there is. For the first ten years or so, you just had to shrug and apologize to the commenter for accidentally and irrevocably downvoting them.
- da_chicken 7mo agoThat's still a bad UI. But at this point I think the bad UX on Hacker News has to be an intentional joke.
- HK-NC 7mo agoTheres onoy an Up button for me. I had no idea you could Down anyone here.
- IAmBroom 7mo agoYou need a certain amount of upvote points to be able to downvote. New users don't have that option.