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Yes, from what I understood it only makes sense if you upvote high quality posts, but I think the way the interface is designed, it encourages quick upvoting without reading to some extent. Not that the site endorses something like that but I think the vote button being available there allows users to vote without reading

Indeed, which is why Mahdiyari removed the follow for follow and currently works on a huge redesign.

Yup, a well thought out redesign would be great