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wickedchicken on Nov 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Please stop "This."

Which is why an 'ambiguous' vote is a good system. It provides you just the right amount of information: "a lot of people think this is worth your time to investigate." Nothing more, nothing less.

mpd on Nov 17, 2011 | [–]

This is only true if 'ambiguous' is synonymous with 'exactly matching my own criteria'. Usually, it isn't.

sp332 on Nov 17, 2011 | [–]

And if I could see that vote, that would mean something. But votes are invisible here.

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