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Using some form of "web accelerator" is asking for trouble. I consider Paul's method better than requiring Javascript to vote or making the voting links some wacky kind of button element.

If HTML had a method="post" option on <a>'s then it would be no problem to always use the proper HTTP verb, but we have to satisfice with what we've got.

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I, too, have often wished for the method attribute you describe.

That said, if you're already using javascript (as news.YC is), I really don't see why you wouldn't make use of xhr. In which case you could submit the request as a post.

Note: I haven't poked around enough to see if news.YC works without javascript. If they degrade gracefully, more power to them, and I can almost understand the decision to do it the way they have.

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