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GitHub is awesome, but why so many upvotes for a homepage redesign? EDIT: Why so many upvotes for a comment about upvotes?

• why-el 14y ago
  Haha, interesting edit. :) I think the reason is that people are expecting a discussion of these kinds of decisions (Reverting back to a minimalist design, how to AB test maybe, and so on), and since GitHub is known to pretty much everybody, its the perfect chance to do so. Or at least this is why I came here.
  • JeremyMorgan 14y ago
    Yup. I think just about everyone here has at least seen GitHub, if not on it weekly. Tis relevant to our interests
• city41 14y ago
  Especially considered if you are logged into Github, you can't even seen the front page.
• notatoad 14y ago
  >Why so many upvotes for a comment about upvotes? i assume you're just joking here, but it's a trend i've noticed on reddit: any comment or submission that has anything to do with voting, whether actual reddit votes or elections or anything else, gets more votes than something that doesn't reference voting. It reminds people to vote.
  • jrockway 14y ago
    I think you're right. I know I'm going to be downvoted for this, but adding the expression "I know I'm going to be downvoted for this" is probably the easiest way to get upvotes on any social site. I guess it reminds people to vote, and most readers don't actually care to downvote you. (Usually comments will make "haters" really angry but not have any impact on people that agree or are neutral, so you get downvoted on a comment that most people like. "I know I'm going to get downvoted" causes the neutrals to realize that they need to upvote you to avoid the evil downvotes from the Other Clan. Or something.)
    • 46Bit 14y ago
      Then after reading that comment, I notice my mouse drifting towards the voting arrows.