Ask HN: Do you upvote then read? Or read then upvote?

2 points by gsylvie 10y ago ↗ HN

I read in a separate tab, and if it was good, I try to remember to come back and upvote it. But my ADD gets in the way, and I think I probably only remember to upvote about 33% to 50% of the articles I enjoy here on HN.

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beamatronic 10y ago ↗

I wondered something similar. For those who read and then come back and upvote, I wonder if HN tracks how much time you spent reading the article, and whether you upvoted it without reading it or not.

gus_massa 10y ago ↗

My usual flow is

1) open the "comments" link in a new tab

2) read the article

3) upvote/flag/ignore

4) refresh

5) read the comments

But I sometimes read the comments between 1-2, 2-3, because sometimes the comments clarify or debunk the article completely.

(For long articles, I sometimes read them partially, upvote and then continue reading.)