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"decreasing maintenance overhead" could apply equally to every feature on the site, though. How often do people use polls?


there are polls?


> there are polls?

...Exactly. It's been a feature forever, it complicates the codebase, and no one ever uses it.

Two examples[0,1].

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7033047

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2445039


https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

Hardly ever see it used in any capacity though.

Re gp: removing buttons shown on every page is probably more about simplifying interface and reclaiming space than maintenance overhead.


there's no space to reclaim, honestly. If removing a 12pt line of text saves space, please buy a phone that supports more than just WAP.




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