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As long as we're talking about redoing this, let me suggest letting authors see the names of upvoters (and only upvoters). Quora had this and it did a fair bit
by wpietri 4y ago
As long as we're talking about redoing this, let me suggest letting authors see the names of upvoters (and only upvoters).
Quora had this and it did a fair bit to create positive community feelings for me. It also let people signal agreement/support without having to create a comment to do so, which I would find handy.
- 999900000999 4y agoI actually wouldn't like this, it would make me afraid to upvote unpopular opinions I agree with. As is hacker News falls into the same trap as Reddit where there's a bit of a hive mind effect.
- luckylion 4y agoWouldn't that lead to you seeing a pattern in who upvotes you which would make you more likely to upvote their submissions or comments, slowly guiding you towards bubble-forming? And if someone doesn't upvote your "let's not eat babies" comment, do you go after them for being pro-baby-eating?
- wpietri 4y agoBubble-forming is one possible downside of community-forming, yes.
- JohnFen 4y agoIf this were the system, I'd just stop voting. Which may or may not be a bad thing.