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Ask HN: Have you upvoted by mistake?
Did it cause any catastrophes?
- gknoy 12y agoI've upvoted by mistake, and have never noticed any later bad effects. I've downvoted when I meant to upvote before, however, and it's been frustrating not to have a way to counter that. That said, I tend to upvote about 10x more than I downvote, so it likely balances out.
- a3n 12y agoI almost never downvote. Maybe a handful of times. I'd be surprised if it's more than five. So, probably not.
- flyinglizard 12y agoLikewise. If I'm proactively upvoting content I find positive, I don't have an urge to downvote.
- chrisbennet 12y agoOn mobile devices the little arrow are pretty close. I almost never down-vote (on purpose at least) so I'm more worried about inadvertent down-voting when I meant to up-vote.
- partisan 12y agoPardon my ignorance, but why would a catastrophe result from an errant upvote?
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 12y agoOne time a sexual article made it to the front page because someone impulsively upvoted it and others piled on as well. I can only imagine a good example for comments, but I have nothing specific.
- krapp 12y agoYes. I apparently lost my ability to vote on comments because i voted on something too soon after it appeared on /comments, but as far as i'm concerned it's a net positive for me, so not catastrophic. Nevertheless, the vote buttons are too small and too close together, and clearly weren't designed by someone who actually cared about the UI.