The distinction we are making importantly requires that contributors provide readers with another thing to say in favor of something - another thing which is different than "X people support this instead of only X-1 people." Evidence trumps votes.

On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Gavin via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 3:59 PM, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> I would extend this to say that the technical explanation also should
> contribute uniquely to the conversation; a +1 with an explanation
> the last +1 gave isn't useful.

Yes, comments should contribute to the discussion, with either technical discussion or additional relevant data. I think a +1 like the following should be encouraged:

"+1: we had eleven customer support tickets in just the last week that would have been prevented if XYZ.

Jane Doe, CTO CoinBitChainBasely.com"

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