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Comment by tedsanders

12 years ago

PG, instead of adding an endorse button, why not just use the upvote button and display the pending comment after it's been upvoted by a few 1000+ karma users?

Do you want the standards for endorsement to be different than the standards for upvotes?

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pg  12 years ago

Yes. It should be possible to endorse something without agreeing with it.

  • tedsanders  12 years ago

    Isn't that already the (desired) standard for upvotes, though? To promote high quality content, regardless of whether we agree with it nor not? I'm still not quite sure of the intended difference between them.

    • tptacek  12 years ago

      No, that's not the HN standard. HN overtly endorses downvoting disagreements (I don't like that, but it is what it is).

  • futurist  12 years ago

    It should be possible to endorse something without agreeing with it.

    You honestly think that's going to happen? Thanks for the chuckle Paul.