If you see a comment or article you approve of, you should upvote it, regardless of how popular (or not) it is among other people. If there are 529 people who approve of a certain comment, then it comes by those 529 upvotes honestly.
This is the reason why some beggars on the street make more money than a full time job (If they're in a really good spot).
Everyone thinks they're just giving them a little bit. But all those little bits add up to a lot. Without any visibility into how much other people have already given them, there is no way for people decide if they really need the money or not.
If you saw a beggar on the street, and knew that they'd already been given $1000 so far that day, would you still give them a dollar?
I don’t see upvoting as giving something to a beggar; I see it as an exchange of value. You give me something I like (something interesting to read) and I give you something you like (karma).
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If people saw [ 528 ] as the vote count for that comment, they'd be less likely to upvote it themselves.
That would be a bug, not a feature.
If you see a comment or article you approve of, you should upvote it, regardless of how popular (or not) it is among other people. If there are 529 people who approve of a certain comment, then it comes by those 529 upvotes honestly.
This is the reason why some beggars on the street make more money than a full time job (If they're in a really good spot).
Everyone thinks they're just giving them a little bit. But all those little bits add up to a lot. Without any visibility into how much other people have already given them, there is no way for people decide if they really need the money or not.
If you saw a beggar on the street, and knew that they'd already been given $1000 so far that day, would you still give them a dollar?
I don’t see upvoting as giving something to a beggar; I see it as an exchange of value. You give me something I like (something interesting to read) and I give you something you like (karma).
There are comments that I feel deserve 5-10 votes, but not 100.
I've also heard the exact opposite argued: that there's a pile-on effect when someone sees how the majority of the community thinks.
Huh? So what if people upvote a comment with many votes... no harm done, right?