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Kinda weird to be downvoted for the above. GP said L-arabinose's available in Japan only. I responded to that. Could one of the downvoters please at least let me know what about my comment was so bad?

For reference, here's one place that sells it in the uk [0]. It's made in the UK as well.

Directions are:

    Take 2g of Powder approximately 30 minutes before main meals.

Which matches the second part of my post (pre-meal supplement).

[0] https://www.sweetcures.co.uk/products/l-arabinose-original-p...

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I am not your downvoter, but after upvoting on my phone a few times I started to realize it wasn't really clear whether my fat finger hit the up arrow or the down arrow; there is not clear feedback[1]. Since then, I've found myself concerned I might have downvoted a post I really liked, so I unvote, zoom in, and revote. Even then sometimes I've remained unclear/nervous and had to zoom yet again. I'm not sure others are aware of this UI issue or make the effort in this regard.

This is a non-issue on my laptop where the cursor is quite visible and precise.

[1] Writing this post encouraged me to experiment. I guess if you vote up, you get an option to "unvote" but if you accidentally downvote, the option is to "undown". So there is more visible feedback about your vote than I was aware of. I will probably look for that going forward to ensure my voting intention was properly registered. But it's not super-obvious.

I've done the same thing. Now whenever I intend to upvote I always zoom in to make sure I'm hitting the correct arrow!

I can recommend using the “hack” app to read HN on the phone. Voting is done by swiping, so it’s much easier to avoid unintended downvotes.

(edit: I don’t know if it’s available on android, though. I’m an iphone user myself.)

After you vote you have a new option. If you upvoted the option says "unvote". If you downvoted it says "undown". Just check the text after you vote to make sure you didn't fat finger it.

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