I guess it’s a lot more forgivable if you’re precommitted to reading past the summary, but it still feels icky to me. For one thing, if you upvote based on an initial impression and then read the full post, it’ll probably bias your later evaluation of the post in the direction of your initial vote, because cognitive dissonance.
Upvoted before reading past the summary, but not really for bravery—more for sheer fun.
Advocating “wrong” viewpoints, and coming up with counterintuitive solutions that nevertheless work, and in fact work better than conventional wisdom, is one of the best feelings I know.
Upvoted before reading past the summary for sheer bravery.
Please don’t upvote before reading past the summary
It’s ok, votes are reversible.
I guess it’s a lot more forgivable if you’re precommitted to reading past the summary, but it still feels icky to me. For one thing, if you upvote based on an initial impression and then read the full post, it’ll probably bias your later evaluation of the post in the direction of your initial vote, because cognitive dissonance.
Upvoted before reading past the summary, but not really for bravery—more for sheer fun. Advocating “wrong” viewpoints, and coming up with counterintuitive solutions that nevertheless work, and in fact work better than conventional wisdom, is one of the best feelings I know.