dailydotdev · rebelchris · Apr 9, 2026 · Apr 9, 2026
diff --git a/packages/extension/src/companion/CompanionEngagements.spec.tsx b/packages/extension/src/companion/CompanionEngagements.spec.tsx
diff --git a/packages/extension/src/companion/CompanionEngagements.tsx b/packages/extension/src/companion/CompanionEngagements.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 import type { ReactElement } from 'react';
 import React from 'react';
 import type { PostBootData } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/lib/boot';
-import { UserVote } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/graphql/posts';
 import { ClickableText } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/components/buttons/ClickableText';
-import { useAuthContext } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/contexts/AuthContext';
 import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { useRawBackgroundRequest } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/hooks/companion';
-import { useConditionalFeature } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/hooks/useConditionalFeature';
 import { largeNumberFormat } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/lib';
-import { featureUpvoteCountThreshold } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/lib/featureManagement';
-import { getUpvoteCountDisplay } from '@dailydotdev/shared/src/lib/post';
 
 interface CompanionEngagementsProps {
   post: PostBootData;
@@ -20,8 +15,6 @@ export function CompanionEngagements({
   post,
   onUpvotesClick,
 }: CompanionEngagementsProps): ReactElement | null {
-  const { user } = useAuthContext();
-  const isLoggedIn = !!user;
   const client = useQueryClient();
   useRawBackgroundRequest(({ res, key }) => {
     if (!Array.isArray(key)) {
@@ -35,34 +28,20 @@ export function CompanionEngagements({
     client.setQueryData(key, res);
   });
 
-  const { value: upvoteThresholdConfig } = useConditionalFeature({
-    feature: featureUpvoteCountThreshold,
-    shouldEvaluate: isLoggedIn,
-  });
-
   if (!post) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const upvotes = post.numUpvotes ?? 0;
   const comments = post.numComments ?? 0;
-  const userHasUpvoted = post.userState?.vote === UserVote.Up;
-  const { showCount } = getUpvoteCountDisplay(
-    upvotes,
-    upvoteThresholdConfig.threshold,
-    upvoteThresholdConfig.belowThresholdLabel,
-    userHasUpvoted,
-    post.createdAt,
-    upvoteThresholdConfig.newWindowHours,
-  );
 
   return (
     <div
       className="flex items-center gap-x-4 py-1 text-text-tertiary typo-callout"
       data-testid="statsBar"
     >
       {upvotes <= 0 && <span>Be the first to upvote</span>}
-      {showCount && (
+      {upvotes > 0 && (
         <ClickableText onClick={onUpvotesClick}>
           {largeNumberFormat(upvotes)} Upvote
           {upvotes > 1 ? 's' : ''}

diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/cards/SimilarPosts/PostEngagementCounts.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/cards/SimilarPosts/PostEngagementCounts.tsx
@@ -3,43 +3,19 @@ import React from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { separatorCharacter } from '../common/common';
 import { largeNumberFormat } from '../../../lib';
-import { useConditionalFeature } from '../../../hooks/useConditionalFeature';
-import { featureUpvoteCountThreshold } from '../../../lib/featureManagement';
-import { getUpvoteCountDisplay } from '../../../lib/post';
 
 interface PostEngagementCountsProps {
   upvotes: number;
   comments: number;
-  createdAt?: string;
   className?: string;
-  userHasUpvoted?: boolean;
-  shouldEvaluateFeature?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function PostEngagementCounts({
   upvotes,
   comments,
-  createdAt,
   className,
-  userHasUpvoted = false,
-  shouldEvaluateFeature = false,
 }: PostEngagementCountsProps): ReactElement {
-  const { value: upvoteThresholdConfig } = useConditionalFeature({
-    feature: featureUpvoteCountThreshold,
-    shouldEvaluate: shouldEvaluateFeature,
-  });
-  const { showCount, belowThresholdLabel } = getUpvoteCountDisplay(
-    upvotes,
-    upvoteThresholdConfig.threshold,
-    upvoteThresholdConfig.belowThresholdLabel,
-    userHasUpvoted,
-    createdAt,
-    upvoteThresholdConfig.newWindowHours,
-  );
-
-  const upvoteText = showCount
-    ? `${largeNumberFormat(upvotes)} Upvotes`
-    : belowThresholdLabel || '';
+  const upvoteText = upvotes > 0 ? `${largeNumberFormat(upvotes)} Upvotes` : '';
   const hasUpvoteText = !!upvoteText;
 
   return (

diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/cards/common/ActionButtons.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/cards/common/ActionButtons.tsx
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../icons';
 import { ButtonColor, ButtonSize, ButtonVariant } from '../../buttons/Button';
 import { useFeedPreviewMode } from '../../../hooks';
-import { useConditionalFeature } from '../../../hooks/useConditionalFeature';
-import { featureUpvoteCountThreshold } from '../../../lib/featureManagement';
-import { getUpvoteCountDisplay } from '../../../lib/post';
 import { UpvoteButtonIcon } from './UpvoteButtonIcon';
 import { BookmarkButton } from '../../buttons';
 import { IconSize } from '../../Icon';
@@ -22,7 +19,6 @@ import PostAwardAction from '../../post/PostAwardAction';
 import ConditionalWrapper from '../../ConditionalWrapper';
 import { PostTagsPanel } from '../../post/block/PostTagsPanel';
 import { LinkWithTooltip } from '../../tooltips/LinkWithTooltip';
-import { useAuthContext } from '../../../contexts/AuthContext';
 import { useCardActions } from '../../../hooks/cards/useCardActions';
 
 export type ActionButtonsVariant = 'grid' | 'list' | 'signal';
@@ -79,8 +75,6 @@ const ActionButtons = ({
 }: ActionButtonsProps): ReactElement | null => {
   const config = variantConfig[variant];
   const isFeedPreview = useFeedPreviewMode();
-  const { user } = useAuthContext();
-  const isLoggedIn = !!user;
 
   const {
     isUpvoteActive,
@@ -99,28 +93,13 @@ const ActionButtons = ({
     closeTagsPanelOnUpvote: variant === 'list',
   });
 
-  const { value: upvoteThresholdConfig } = useConditionalFeature({
-    feature: featureUpvoteCountThreshold,
-    shouldEvaluate: isLoggedIn,
-  });
-
   if (isFeedPreview) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const commentCount = post.numComments ?? 0;
   const upvoteCount = post.numUpvotes ?? 0;
 
-  const { showCount: showUpvoteCount, belowThresholdLabel: upvoteLabel } =
-    getUpvoteCountDisplay(
-      upvoteCount,
-      upvoteThresholdConfig.threshold,
-      upvoteThresholdConfig.belowThresholdLabel,
-      isUpvoteActive,
-      post.createdAt,
-      upvoteThresholdConfig.newWindowHours,
-    );
-
   const commentButton = config.useCommentLink ? (
     <LinkWithTooltip
       tooltip={{ content: 'Comment' }}
@@ -200,25 +179,14 @@ const ActionButtons = ({
               />
             }
           >
-            {showUpvoteCount ? (
+            {upvoteCount > 0 && (
               <InteractionCounter
                 className={classNames(
                   'tabular-nums',
                   variant === 'grid' && 'typo-footnote',
                 )}
                 value={upvoteCount}
               />
-            ) : (
-              !!upvoteLabel && (
-                <span
-                  className={classNames(
-                    'tabular-nums',
-                    variant === 'grid' && 'typo-footnote',
-                  )}
-                >
-                  {upvoteLabel}
-                </span>
-              )
             )}
           </QuaternaryButton>
         </Tooltip>

diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/cards/common/PostMetadata.spec.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/cards/common/PostMetadata.spec.tsx
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/cards/common/PostMetadata.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/cards/common/PostMetadata.tsx
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ import { Separator } from './common';
 import type { Post } from '../../../graphql/posts';
 import { formatReadTime, DateFormat } from '../../utilities';
 import { largeNumberFormat } from '../../../lib';
-import { useAuthContext } from '../../../contexts/AuthContext';
-import { useConditionalFeature } from '../../../hooks/useConditionalFeature';
-import { featureUpvoteCountThreshold } from '../../../lib/featureManagement';
-import { getUpvoteCountDisplay } from '../../../lib/post';
 import { useFeedCardContext } from '../../../features/posts/FeedCardContext';
 import { Tooltip } from '../../tooltip/Tooltip';
 import type { PollMetadataProps } from './PollMetadata';
@@ -24,8 +20,6 @@ interface PostMetadataProps
   isVideoType?: boolean;
   domain?: ReactNode;
   pollMetadata?: PollMetadataProps;
-  userHasUpvoted?: boolean;
-  showBelowThresholdLabel?: boolean;
 }
 
 export default function PostMetadata({
@@ -38,31 +32,13 @@ export default function PostMetadata({
   isVideoType,
   domain,
   pollMetadata,
-  userHasUpvoted = false,
-  showBelowThresholdLabel = true,
 }: PostMetadataProps): ReactElement {
   const hasUpvoteCount = typeof numUpvotes === 'number';
   const upvoteCount = numUpvotes ?? 0;
   const readTimeValue = readTime ?? 0;
   const timeActionContent = isVideoType ? 'watch' : 'read';
   const showReadTime = isVideoType ? Number.isInteger(readTime) : !!readTime;
   const { boostedBy } = useFeedCardContext();
-  const { user } = useAuthContext();
-  const isLoggedIn = !!user;
-
-  const { value: upvoteThresholdConfig } = useConditionalFeature({
-    feature: featureUpvoteCountThreshold,
-    shouldEvaluate: isLoggedIn,
-  });
-  const { showCount: showUpvoteCount, belowThresholdLabel: upvoteLabel } =
-    getUpvoteCountDisplay(
-      upvoteCount,
-      upvoteThresholdConfig.threshold,
-      upvoteThresholdConfig.belowThresholdLabel,
-      userHasUpvoted,
-      createdAt,
-      upvoteThresholdConfig.newWindowHours,
-    );
 
   const promotedText = useScrambler('Promoted');
   const promotedByTooltip = useScrambler(
@@ -98,21 +74,14 @@ export default function PostMetadata({
     },
     !!showReadTime && domain && { key: 'domain', node: domain },
     hasUpvoteCount &&
-      showUpvoteCount && {
+      upvoteCount > 0 && {
         key: 'upvotes',
         node: (
           <span data-testid="numUpvotes">
             {largeNumberFormat(upvoteCount)} upvote{upvoteCount > 1 ? 's' : ''}
           </span>
         ),
       },
-    hasUpvoteCount &&
-      !showUpvoteCount &&
-      !!upvoteLabel &&
-      showBelowThresholdLabel && {
-        key: 'upvotes',
-        node: <span data-testid="numUpvotes">{upvoteLabel}</span>,
-      },
   ].filter(Boolean) as { key: string; node: ReactNode }[];
 
   return (