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Q&A Implement duplicate up-down vote buttons

For the buttons, I propose something bolder: don't duplicate them, move them. The logical time to make a voting decision is when you've read a post, so I agree they belong at the bottom. But why ...

posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2020-11-12T20:21:01Z (about 4 years ago)
For the buttons, I propose something bolder: don't *duplicate* them, *move* them.  The logical time to make a voting decision is when you've read a post, so I agree they belong at the bottom.  But why have them at the top?

Currently we bundle the *reporting of existing votes* and the *voting buttons* together, but we don't have to.  We could find a way to *show existing votes* at the top but have the buttons to *cast* votes at the bottom.  Why do they need to go together?

(I agree with the suggestion in a comment to break this into two posts, so I'm addressing the one in your title but not the other issue you raised.)