Ok, i'll level with you, Awimb. I don't really know what the gold stars are

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next to posts.

I think someone once said it's when posts are rated up by users who have found them of interest.

But I can't quite imagine why the fúck anyone would bother doing that.

So have I got it wrong? Do they mean something else?

How does one actually vote? If I click on the stars nothing happens.