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Re:Show HN: HN Demetricator – An extension that removes upvo... by brianyu8 on Saturday July 11, 2020 @05:24PM (#23806144)
It's true that upvote count and comment counts are the best way we have to quantify the quality of a submission. That's why I still browse the top posts page and will still upvote a post that I think is high quality.

But for me, upvote and comment counts bias my perception of a post. I'm choosing to hide these counts so I can read articles uninfluenced by the number of points they have relative to other posts on the front page.

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Re:Show HN: HN Demetricator – An extension that removes upvo... by oltdaniel on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:47AM (#23810415)
Thats why I read the title first, decide whether it is important or relevant to me, if so I check it out. If I like it, I upvote it and if I have something to throw into the discussion I add a comment. Personally, I use the numbers to indentify "quality" and "valid facts". Invalid posts have a large number of comments and less upvotes.
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