Let the Arrows Speak for Themselves

The up/down vote system on HD seems to generate a surprising amount of heat for something that’s essentially just two triangles. But I’m less interested in the usual back-and-forth from the vocal few, wouldn’t it be cool to know what the silent majority actually thinks?

So here’s a little experiment in wonderful irony: use the arrows to vote about the arrows. No comment needed, no essay required.

⬆️ if you’re pro-arrows. ⬇️ if you’d happily see the back of them.

Yes, I’m aware that voting against the arrows requires using an arrow. That’s either a design flaw in my experiment or a design flaw in the system — which is rather the point.

As for what it’ll actually tell us: a heavily positive score suggests people broadly like the arrows, or at least don’t hate them enough to do anything about it. A heavily negative score would mean remarkably strong feeling against, given the effort required. And hovering around zero probably means either a genuine split, or widespread apathy which is its own kind of answer.

Completely unscientific, probably inconclusive — but at least it would be interesting.