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Re:Most-favorited Hacker News posts by krapp on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @10:54AM (#24353856)
"decreasing maintenance overhead" could apply equally to every feature on the site, though. How often do people use polls?
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Re:Most-favorited Hacker News posts by TheRealPomax on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @10:59AM (#24353899)
there are polls?
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Re:Most-favorited Hacker News posts by krapp on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:09AM (#24353985)
> there are polls?

...Exactly. It's been a feature forever, it complicates the codebase, and no one ever uses it.

Two examples[0,1].

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7033047

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2445039

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Re:Most-favorited Hacker News posts by oefrha on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:10AM (#24353989)
https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

Hardly ever see it used in any capacity though.

Re gp: removing buttons shown on every page is probably more about simplifying interface and reclaiming space than maintenance overhead.

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Re:Most-favorited Hacker News posts by TheRealPomax on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:24PM (#24370456)
there's no space to reclaim, honestly. If removing a 12pt line of text saves space, please buy a phone that supports more than just WAP.
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