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Perhaps they should be visible for the author only?

• JacobAldridge 15y ago
  Comment scores are currently visible for the author. That's what I mean by not learning from other's examples: Let's say you say "mysql won't help with foo" and get no upvotes. Ten minutes later, in the same thread, someone says the same thing but adds a link and get 20 upvotes. You can't tell that their behaviour - adding the link - was valuable to the group. They're above you, which could be a time thing only, so you learn nothing from their actions. And next time, you make the same reply. If you could see their votes, you would learn from that (for most HN instances of "you").
  • brudgers 15y ago
    The example seems more hypothetical than actual. A more likely case is a person who posts "mysql won't help you with foo" with no link and for no upvotes and "this is the ninja lisp trick" with a link and notices that they get far more upvoates for it. But the most likely case is a person who notices that the first person to refer to Balmer as "monkey boy" in a hit thread gets massive upvotes.