I would have t agree. There was ask HN recently where someone was asking for advice. The advice I would give was already posted so I up voted, but now the guy doesn't know if the advice had 100 up votes and really well regarded or if he just got really few responses. I could have made a yeah what that guy said comment to make my agreement more visible but that is rather frowned upon.
But how does that affect the "Decline of HN?" I would think that threads filling up with comments where the summary of the content is a "+1" or a "-1" detracts from the rest of the conversation thread. Especially with something that would have normally gotten 100 "me too" upvotes.
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I would have t agree. There was ask HN recently where someone was asking for advice. The advice I would give was already posted so I up voted, but now the guy doesn't know if the advice had 100 up votes and really well regarded or if he just got really few responses. I could have made a yeah what that guy said comment to make my agreement more visible but that is rather frowned upon.
I'd guess that "yeah what that guy said" comments won't be as frowned upon with the new system.
But how does that affect the "Decline of HN?" I would think that threads filling up with comments where the summary of the content is a "+1" or a "-1" detracts from the rest of the conversation thread. Especially with something that would have normally gotten 100 "me too" upvotes.