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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by joe_the_user on Thursday April 28, 2011 @06:41PM (#2495429)
Would having a socket puppet just to peek at votes be grounds for banning?
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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by bmccormack on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:17PM (#2495560)
Would this even be a problem for most scenarios? I don't think most users have (or would want to spend) the time to look at two browsers for every set of comments I want to view and/or vote on.
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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by moe on Thursday April 28, 2011 @10:02PM (#2496061)
This is a hacker community. It will take all of 24 hours for purpose-built bookmarklets or even browser extensions to appear.
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Re:I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvo... by jokermatt999 on Friday April 29, 2011 @10:09AM (#2497371)
Seeing vote counts could also be a karma linked feature, I suppose. That makes it enough work to the point where it's probably not worth it to game the system.
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