Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies?

Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by avodonosov on Sunday June 19, 2022 @07:11PM (#31804417)

I do not, because I use the "upvoted comments" and "upvoted submissions" as a collection of useful links and TODO study. So if the reply is not something I may use in the future, I do not upvote to aviod bloating my link list.

Although it made me feel somewhat guilty to the people who answered my question, like here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31598801

But I sometimes upvote comments I do not need saved, just in hope to draw the authors attention, if I reply days after his comment and want him to reply back. I hope he will notice the karma change and will look around.

And rarely I upvote opinions I strongly agree with and want to endorse.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by rglullis on Sunday June 19, 2022 @07:19PM (#31804472)

Why not use the "favorite" list for that?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by avodonosov on Sunday June 19, 2022 @07:22PM (#31804503)

Because it's public, while my list is not intended for that

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by dredmorbius on Sunday June 19, 2022 @08:17PM (#31804857)

The fact that HN faves are public is ... something of a pain point for me.

Though I do use the feature.

Algolia search is sufficiently good that my own comments on threads are also a useful referencing method, and (though nominally also public), serve my own research / reference needs fairly well.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by gnicholas on Sunday June 19, 2022 @07:21PM (#31804491)

Not parent, but favorites are public, while upvotes are private.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you upvote direct replies? by avodonosov on Sunday June 19, 2022 @07:23PM (#31804506)

exactly

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