I believe the idea is that it prevents someone to upvote/downvote solely based on the existing score, and rather based on the actual content of the post. I rem

I believe the idea is that it prevents someone to upvote/downvote solely based on the existing score, and rather based on the actual content of the post. I remember back in the day that the vote count were public, and there was a lot of resistance to the change. For me, while on a micro-scale I feel like I'm missing information, I agree that on a macro-scale it's a net positive for the community.