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Your comment should have been an upvote on his post. Just a friendly reminder.
by Batsu 17y ago
Your comment should have been an upvote on his post. Just a friendly reminder.
- kragen 17y agoI thought upvotes were for comments that were worth reading, not comments we agreed with? I probably should have gone into more detail about what it was I thought was fantastic, I guess. Thanks for the feedback!
- IsaacSchlueter 17y agoUpvotes mean "yes", and also "Please move this up the page a bit". Downvotes mean "no", and also "Please remove this from the page". Interpret as you see fit. Agreement is a perfectly good reason to say "yes" to something.
- BrentRitterbeck 17y agoFor a group that emphasizes thinking for oneself, it sure seems that there are a lot of rules for when it is or is not appropriate to vote on something. How about letting people decide for themselves what to vote on?
- IsaacSchlueter 17y agoAgreed. Hence the "interpret as you see fit". The fact is, to the site, an upvote means "please move this up the page", and a downvote or flag means "please remove this". At a most basic primal 2-year-old communication level, up is "yes" and down is "no".
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoThis duality I find annoying - I want to be able to upvote with reasoning, even if there are just two vote types "Yes/No" and "Up/Down". Then I can show agreement or show that someone added to the thread but didn't say something I agree with.
- IsaacSchlueter 17y agoThe source is open. Go build that. Users will either respond to it, or they won't.
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoIf I build it will HN implement it? I rather suspect not.