Re:What I would have written
by xerophtye on Thursday September 26, 2013 @07:41AM
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The upvote count for OTHER people's comments in now hidden. you still always see them on your own comments. So it still does have public validation mechanism.
I think you can't see it on other people's comments because this forces you to up vote something only if YOU like it and not based on what other users think. Eg on FB, a lot of people "like" stuff just because it already has a lot of likes (the need to conform)
Re:What I would have written
by prawn on Thursday September 26, 2013 @09:16PM
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Yes, aware of all this. But how would that stop HN from misreporting to me the upvote count on my posts? The true value wouldn't necessarily be shown anywhere.
I think you can't see it on other people's comments because this forces you to up vote something only if YOU like it and not based on what other users think. Eg on FB, a lot of people "like" stuff just because it already has a lot of likes (the need to conform)