99.9999% of the views of reddit and similar are people wanting to see what the hottest current news is. Are you really going to hide it from them? If not, then

99.9999% of the views of reddit and similar are people wanting to see what the hottest current news is. Are you really going to hide it from them? If not, then are you going to make some votes not count as much as others? Users will hate this. Another problem is not counting votes from people who go directly to the page!?! Sorry but that is completely asinine. Those blog "digg it"-like widgets are the best form of marketing that these news sites have. If the votes are worthless then the bloggers will ditch you fast.