This has been proposed before ( what hasn't? (: ), so I'm duty bound to include links to some of the previous discussions of this idea... So please post some links for me because I can't find any. ;)

My feelings on this idea have gone through the following phases since I first considered it:

  1. Why can't we see how many downvotes each node got??
  2. Darn, being able to see downvotes would probably lead to more people getting their feelings hurt more often.
  3. Oh, I don't care about other peoples' feelings; I just occasionally really want to know what the spread is on a node.
  4. Oh my word! It has been quiet for a while, but we sure used to get plenty of whining about "Oh, my node has a rep of -1! I'm so emotional about it!". I don't think I could stand the flood of "Oh, my node got downvoted!" wailing that this feature is likely to generate!

Let me elaborate on that last point some... There have already been several times that people complained about being able to tell that a node of theirs was getting downvoted even though it had a positive reputation.

If everyone could tell this about all of their nodes without having to pay close attention, the huge increase in number of observances has got to mean that there would be a huge increase in the chances of someone (lacking the emotional stability to deal with the thought of some people anonymously expressing displeasure with something that they had written) going off on an emotional tirade about how terrible this is. And for some reason, I'm really sick of those.

So my current stance is that I'm completely dead set against the idea. And that's final!

But you intrigue with your vagueness. How does this feature work? The name, "Cast--", and parts of your description give me the impression that perhaps this isn't just the wide-open revealing of the number of ++ and number of -- votes on any node for which you could see the reputation. Perhaps you are only allowed to pick certain nodes that you are especially curious about?

No! You can't lure me in that easily. I don't want to know!

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to (tye)Re: Cast by tye
in thread Cast: showing both ++ and -- by ichimunki

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