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Anatomy of an Upvote
- hayksaakian 14y agoI disagree. I think about up votes in terms of their impact. I upvote if I think something is worth talking about, or deserves the attention of the greater community. Because that's what it literally translates into -- raising the position of a post on the front page.
- derekp7 14y agoWhat would be interesting is to have two buttons -- one to raise awareness, and a second button labeled "me too" to indicate agreement. Maybe have it where both can be clicked by the same user, or where only one or the other can be selected. Not sure which would be better.
- googletron 14y agoDoes I need to know if you agree outside of you wanting to raise awareness? If you want to comment sure :) but that metric means what outside of raising awareness.
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- derekp7 14y agoRaising awareness affects the comment / article position, whereas the agreement button changes the points value.
- manaskarekar 14y agoI think Slashdot was one of the few to get it right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot#Slash_and_peer_moderation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot#Slash_and_peer_moderat...
- hayksaakian 14y agoHonestly, I think slashdot's is too complex. It dissuades too many people from taking a position via messy ui.
- tokenadult 14y agoI've asked before what's best to upvote here on Hacker News: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1065084 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1065084 I'm always happy to hear advice on how to upvote better, to make the discussion here more informative and interesting and to make the community here more civil and thoughtful.