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Re:Poll: Is the number of polls getting out of hand on HN? by Sword_Monkey on Monday April 02, 2012 @11:48AM (#3788647)
This is what I was thinking, and since this guy said it, I gave him an upvote. Now I'm not sure if I'm making a mockery of the system or falling for it...
Re:Poll: Is the number of polls getting out of hand on HN? by jpdoctor on Monday April 02, 2012 @12:03PM (#3788727)
> or falling for it

:) That certainly wasn't my intent. The usefulness of upvotes is that the most useful information goes to the most readable place. (Usefulness being defined by the number of upvotes!)

Having a history of providing useful information might be good for somebody's personal ego, to which I say: Get a life. But does anyone here bother to look at somebody's karma count and say, "Now THAT person needs listening to!"