Add a preference option to hide the number of votes a comment or link has.
I theorize that the number of votes a comment/link has triggers a herd response. If that number is hidden by default, people will respond based on what they think, rather than what other people think. Hiding vote numbers, therefore, should improve the accuracy of polling reader's opinions.
After voting, display the number of votes a comment/link has.
Posted Feb 18, 2011, 2:02 PM UTC
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I highly support this proposition. Is there any script that hides votes, in the meantime?