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This data should only be available to pg.
by bobds 16y ago
This data should only be available to pg.
- dennisgorelik 16y ago1) I personally don't mind if my up/down votes would be public. 2) Why would anybody want to hide their up/down votes? 3) That kind of data might be useful even if it's anonymized (detached from usernames). 4) If there is efficient aggregating algorithm, then final personalized weighted news lists could be shown as a final result, without exposing raw details to the public.
- preek 16y ago2. To prevent flame wars and stalkers. Nothing would be worse than good people being followed by trolls. 3. The OP asked for "who and what". 4. Isn't that what happens in the comments? Best comments at the top, worst down at the bottom.
- dennisgorelik 16y ago2) Why would publishing up/down voting information cause flame wars? 3) What is "OP"? 4) Currently comments are ranked based on the whole Hacker News community. My suggestion is to rate comments based on votes from people who think like I do (or how you do if that rated list would be presented to you). That's important differentiation, because I care about opinion of some people much more than about opinion of other people.