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"10 points by ivankirigin" is actually quite misleading. It looks like "ivankirign" gave the comment 10 points.

We are having the same problem on how to show it correctly on GraffitiGeo. We ended up using "by ivinkirigin, points: 10", which in my opinion is still not perfect.

Any idea on this?



Why not just "ivinkirigin, 10 points" or something. I think it's fairly obvious that the first word is a username.


"10 points by ivankirigin" is actually quite misleading. It looks like "ivankirign" gave the comment 10 points.

I don't believe I've seen a site where any user can give more than one vote, so I don't think this is misleading. But I've not thought about it before, and I do like "by ivinkirigin, points: 10" better.

Kudos on putting so much thought into your UI. Definitely bodes well for GraffitiGeo.


10 ivankirigin 4 hours ago

If the numbers are changing you get accustomed to it quickly.

By the way, my original comment has an absurdly high karma count. I think that is a direct result of hiding the count.


Somehow associate the points with the upvote/downvote icons and not with the username?




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