> As soon as you try to value an upvote as something different (here as an impromptu poll) you damage the entire system.
I'm a hacker and it was an experiment in trying to make the system do something beyond its advertised capabilities. At the end of the day, net 9 upvotes didn't "damage the entire system".
> What if I would dream of this but don't want to see more comments like yours since it's effectively spam? What if I like the idea and want to upvote it for visibility but would 'never dream' of this somewhat specialized idea?
I think you're taking this more seriously than it was intended.
What we learned was:
A. There are several others who had, in fact, dreamed of making this kind of system. But for whatever reason didn't execute on the idea.
B. This mechanism of polling has some limitations. A built in method for commenters to do an impromptu poll in the comments could be an interesting addition to HN.
> As soon as you try to value an upvote as something different (here as an impromptu poll) you damage the entire system.
I'm a hacker and it was an experiment in trying to make the system do something beyond its advertised capabilities. At the end of the day, net 9 upvotes didn't "damage the entire system".
> What if I would dream of this but don't want to see more comments like yours since it's effectively spam? What if I like the idea and want to upvote it for visibility but would 'never dream' of this somewhat specialized idea?
I think you're taking this more seriously than it was intended.
What we learned was:
A. There are several others who had, in fact, dreamed of making this kind of system. But for whatever reason didn't execute on the idea.
B. This mechanism of polling has some limitations. A built in method for commenters to do an impromptu poll in the comments could be an interesting addition to HN.
> Excellent tactic!
Thank you :-)