With topics comes discussion... Suggestion for YC News

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=137519

by fish • 18 years ago

9 8 18 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

The vote-up button should be removed from the front page. If users had to read at least some discussion about the article, inaccurate stories may never be voted so highly...

example http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=136270

(sorry for english)

m0nty3• 18 years ago

And the "vote down" button should be removed until the voter has commented on the post. Getting fed up seeing worthy comments down-modded without explanation.

pohart• 18 years ago

It's never particularly bothered me to see posts get downmodded with no explanation, but I like the basic idea. This lets both the poster know and other readers.

This may cause a problem where we get a bunch of comments that say the same thing. It would probably be better if a reply could be upmodded instead of adding another comment.

sah3• 18 years ago

I disagree. Short comments like this one would get annoying.

m0nty3• 18 years ago

So you have to make an argument instead of saying "meh, I disagree." That's a good thing. Seriously, get rid of the downmod button altogether.

With topics comes discussion... Suggestion for YC News

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