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That only covers downvoting comments, it doesn't mention why comment vote counts aren't publicly visible. Keeping comment vote counts invisible makes sense if
by photochemsyn 3y ago
That only covers downvoting comments, it doesn't mention why comment vote counts aren't publicly visible. Keeping comment vote counts invisible makes sense if upvotes on some comments are not being recorded as a form of shadowbanning those comments/users.
- tptacek 3y agoOther people's vote counts are invisible because they led to constant bickering about the merits of any given comment's "spot" vote count (this is also the reason there's a guideline that asks you not to write these kinds of comments, but changing the affordances so you can't see them at all was a much more effective solution to the problem). (My confidence in this explanation comes in part from the fact that I'm pretty sure I had a hand in this coming to pass: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2403716). The conspiracist rationale here doesn't make much sense, because the site operators also control the displayed comment count and the registration of votes.
- godelski 3y agoI thought a lot was about preventing bandwagoning or manipulation. In both directions, but especially downvoting.