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[riffraff]

"think thrice before using your votes". I remember this being also used as the justification for not having clearly separated up/down buttons.

I totally disagree with it, fwiw.

[lewisl9029 → riffraff]

I personally think "having an interface that makes it nigh impossible to downvote when you meant to upvote" should be a prerequisite for the "think thrice before using your votes" goal...

Well at least they're doing something to address it now.

In any case, I still disagree with the lack of a reverse vote option, especially when upvoting also serves as an archival mechanism, and downvoting removes the opportunity to use that functionality permanently.

[OJFord → lewisl9029]

    > especially when upvoting also serves as an archival mechanism

Right - it's not even about _changing_ votes. Just an hour or so ago I accidentally upvoted the wrong submission (on mobile), so now that's stored in my "saved stories"; nothing I can do about it.

[rplnt → riffraff]

It makes some sense - In theory you wouldn't cast your vote prematurely (after reading the first sentence for example).

[laurent123456 → rplnt]

In theory, but in practice do they have some evidence that people care more when they can't undo their vote?

[marrs → laurent123456]

Also it's a little unfortunate that the up-vote button can be easily mistaken for a link-to-parent button. I've lost count of the number of comments I've up-voted when actually I just wanted to know who they were replying to.