Voting this back up from −1. It appears someone has been downvoting all instances of anyone seconding others’ recommendations. Why do this? Multiple recommendations for a single work provide additional useful information; that multiple people agree that the work is worthwhile, and think so strongly enough to vocalize their support after it’s already been raised to attention.
They may be doing so because they think simple upvoting is a better way to to second recommendations. However, this isn’t really the case because many recommendations mention multiple books, so doing so would not clearly endorse a specific book.
Plus, upvoting doesn’t distinguish between “I agree that some or all of these books are good recommendations,” and “Thanks for suggesting some plausible sounding candidates.”
Fourthing Phantom Tollbooth.
Voting this back up from −1. It appears someone has been downvoting all instances of anyone seconding others’ recommendations. Why do this? Multiple recommendations for a single work provide additional useful information; that multiple people agree that the work is worthwhile, and think so strongly enough to vocalize their support after it’s already been raised to attention.
They may be doing so because they think simple upvoting is a better way to to second recommendations. However, this isn’t really the case because many recommendations mention multiple books, so doing so would not clearly endorse a specific book.
Plus, upvoting doesn’t distinguish between “I agree that some or all of these books are good recommendations,” and “Thanks for suggesting some plausible sounding candidates.”