I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvote count

Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by joelangeway on Thursday April 28, 2011 @06:15PM (#2495325)

You put that excellently. Indeed, Hacker News was and should be a place where social proof is not desired.

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by jacques_chester on Thursday April 28, 2011 @06:21PM (#2495350)

Everyone agrees that social proof is deleterious.

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by ericd on Thursday April 28, 2011 @06:54PM (#2495476)

Not true, otherwise we wouldn't be having this discussion - the OP is saying that it's a necessary filter.

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by zspade on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:07PM (#2495516)

How can I see who's winning this argument without seeing the vote-count!

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by randallsquared on Thursday April 28, 2011 @06:57PM (#2495482)

"Everyone agrees"? :)

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by ericd on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:34PM (#2495619)

Yeah, I should have more faith in the commenters. Not used to attempts at humor here...

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by jacques_chester on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:06PM (#2495515)

Everyone agrees that my sarcastic jokes are funny. Especially the metajokes.

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by _delirium on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:37PM (#2495624)

Only in comments, or should we apply that to submissions also? If it weren't for using social proof to decide which stories should be highlighted, why do we have a voting-based front page?

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by J3L2404 on Friday April 29, 2011 @05:38AM (#2496855)

Indeed, we should all wander through the net with no inkling of others opinions in order to mitigate some dubious risk. Enlightened people read every article, decide for themselves and then sit silently.

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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by wdewind on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:07PM (#2495519)

And yet what we've left in is the feedback mechanism that provides people a self-centered understanding of how well the community receives them. ie: People are still "scoring points," though maybe we have made the points less valuable.

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