Conversely, ask yourself the opposite question: what will happen if AJAX voting were enabled in HN? - votes will be counted immediately, the number increase. T

Conversely, ask yourself the opposite question: what will happen if AJAX voting were enabled in HN? - votes will be counted immediately, the number increase. Then what? While this is good UX, would this be helpful in the entire context of HN? What if your vote were a ghost vote - i.e. your user account is a ghosted account? Should it show just for you? If so, you are adding a lot of complexity to the system. Why is such complexity needed? Now, I can't speak for dang and kogir, but I think it's a rather good thing that the vote counts don't increase immediately - prevents gaming