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What if everyone posted a similar contentless "thanks" post on every article they found interesting? Such posts would dominate the comments. There's already a
by panic 17y ago
What if everyone posted a similar contentless "thanks" post on every article they found interesting? Such posts would dominate the comments. There's already a "thanks, this is very helpful button" -- it's called the up arrow.
EDIT: I'm not trying to troll here, I'm serious -- do you think comments like this add something to a discussion?
- pg 17y agoExperience shows they're harmless. New users are explicitly told such comments are ok: http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- Confusion 17y agoIf everyone would do that, then that would be a problem. However, not everyone is doing it and it doesn't seem like more people are starting to do it. It's just not necessary to downvote superfluous comments; not getting any upvotes is enough of a signal.
- nostrademons 17y agoYou could just upvote the "thanks, this is very helpful" comment...