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While a public voting record may work for members of congress, I can't see how that would help. If anything else, I would be strongly discouraged from voting o
by Mark_B 17y ago
While a public voting record may work for members of congress, I can't see how that would help. If anything else, I would be strongly discouraged from voting on any submission if it might result in my being judged because of it.
- icey 17y agoI never really thought about people getting judged based on the submissions they've voted for - are you concerned about people coming back with "Mark_B, you voted up that posting by Arrington, so I think you're a talentless hack" or something like that?
- Mark_B 17y agoAbsolutely. Imagine the backlash in a "vi is better than emacs" thread.
- icey 17y agoWould you still have the same trepidation if the data were generally anonymized? I don't think there's a way to say that it would ever be actually anonymous, but it would prevent casual browsing of someone's voting history that way.