A "like" or "+1" is similar to a vote. There's lots of cases where we have private votes: Reddit, HN, politics. I don't mind these being public, and actually

A "like" or "+1" is similar to a vote. There's lots of cases where we have private votes: Reddit, HN, politics. I don't mind these being public, and actually had already thought they were, but I can see how other people view it differently.