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Even if people do upvote an article before reading it, I doubt they will admit it.

• jacquesm 17y ago
  It's a two-valued poll, you only get a binary choice, if you upvote 90% of the time after reading an article and 10% before then 'after' would still be the best choice (and that's what it would be in my case, the upvotes I do 'before' are of ask HN articles that I think ask valid questions).
  • stanleydrew 17y ago
    That's a good point. I was just noting that even if someone voted 90%-10% the other way he or she would probably not respond to this poll truthfully, given the tendency here to look down on those who don't think before they do. I'd be surprised if "vote before reading" gets more than zero votes.
    • stonemetal 17y ago
      I often up vote before reading since up vote is also flag for latter.
      • quant18 17y ago
        Yeah, I was mildly confused too by the fact that the articles you've upvoted are called "saved" articles in your profile. Anyway after once having upvoted w/o reading an "advanced data structures" article which turned out to be extremely far from "advanced", I at least try to skim before upvoting.