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Consumers and Curators: Browsing and Voting Patterns on Reddit — mentioned by consumer451

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:00:14 GMT

I am fairly confident that the answer is that most people vote based on the title/headline without ever clicking through. I am likely guilty of this as well sometimes. It takes discipline to avoid this behaviour. > We find that most users do not read the article that they vote on, and that, in total, 73% of posts were rated (i.e., upvoted or downvoted) without first viewing the content. [0] In this case, my guess is that people are noticing less and less utility from Google search, and that was why they voted like they did. This same phenomenon is what gives newspaper editors far more power…

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Consumers and Curators: Browsing and Voting Patterns on Reddit — HN submission

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 09:17:05 GMT

Consumers and curators: browsing and voting patterns on Reddit (2017)

47 points; 5 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.

Consumers and Curators: Browsing and Voting Patterns on Reddit — HN submission

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:55:16 GMT

Do HN members read before voting? This Reddit study found their subjects didn't

5 points; 5 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.

Consumers and Curators: Browsing and Voting Patterns on Reddit — HN submission

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 09:26:31 GMT

Consumers and Curators: Browsing and Voting Patterns on Reddit

37 points; 8 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.