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Re:Ask HN: What are the websites that you rely on but have h... by bendmorris on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @04:39AM (#1782730)
Maybe that improves the results. Your score is not a straight up vote from everyone, it's just a sampling from the subset of HN users that can figure out what the buttons do.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the websites that you rely on but have h... by dejb on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @07:30AM (#1782973)
> it's just a sampling from the subset of HN users that can figure out what the buttons do

Or those who don't experience layout problems. Often there is a significant part of the down arrow that results in an upvote or vice versa. Generally happens in FF for me. I feel like I need to check the URL before clicking.

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