That's just Slashdot's influence. They did the same thing at some point.

Ah, okay-- though that doesn't mean the author can't do better, if I'm not just being too nitpicky.

jacquesm 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The last thing HN needs is to become more like Slashdot.

	▲	avadodin an hour ago \| parent [-]
		In Soviet Russia, Slashdot becomes HN!

Lerc 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Dot product of opinions? Using a fancier term for the same thing might be a significant axis though.

	▲	globalnode 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		maximize your projection onto like minded commenters, create that bubble you always yearned for but until now have never had the add-on to empower the inner-you! finally, you can ignore that filthy plane of delusional outcasts and banish them to the orthogonal abyss forever.

I've wanted something like this for a long time and also thought of the slashdot system. This is directly from that.