Fixed.
I didn't see the comment you mention, but that is exactly the sort of thing I meant about voting starting to have a mob feel.
I didn't see the comment you mention, but that is exactly the sort of thing I meant about voting starting to have a mob feel.
Although I don't have any data, I think that if the same comment was posted today, it would end up with more points. If I see a comment with 80 upvotes, I usually let it stay there rather than bumping it to 81.
One other comment; I find it hard to navigate my "threads" page now. I used to focus on highly-voted comments to improve and reply to; now that I don't know what other people like, I have nothing to go on.
I guess spending less time on HN might not be a bad thing, however :)
Edit: one more thing. I still have a reflex-like urge to click the upvote button when the author name says "pg". With no number, it is even harder to suppress the urge.
So far I have managed, but I can't guarantee that I won't change my mind :)
Interesting to experiment.
PS: please don't ask me how to quantify such data :)