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0 pointsButtons84011y ago0 comments

I've always phrased it tongue-in-cheek:

"The first 90% of the work takes 90% of the time. The last 10% of the work takes the other 90% of the time.

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rockybox11y ago

That reminds me of the Pareto Principle (20/80):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle

I've found it to apply to many things in life.

Edit: why would this be downvoted?

erichocean11y ago

Because someone tried to upvote you on a smartphone, and Hacker News has a stubbornly non-mobile friendly design, with no undo.

MarkTee11y ago

Does anyone know what the rationale for not allowing users to undo votes is? I'd be happy even if it were only accessible for the first few minutes after the initial action...

There have been several times where I've accidentally upvoted low-quality (sometimes malicious) posts, and I never feel good about it.

felipellrocha11y ago

Lol. Yep. I accidentally do that every so often, and I always feel bad about it.

DanBC11y ago

Individual downvotes are sometimes errors and are usually quickly corrected.

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