Firstly, they de-valued upvotes and the equality that every user's opinion had before they were introduced.
And secondly, they were so abundant that they didn't mean anything anyway.

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[–] 9 points 3 years ago

agreed, its a simple way to help pay for hosting without ads and to show extra love for a post.

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