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'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.