I suppose this probably has been up for discussion before, but I couldn't find it via Super Search, so here goes anyways. If I just searched for the wrong words/criteria, I apologize.

This is probably silly, but I sometimes, (not often, not seldom), want to see the reputation of a node without voting for it. This is usually the case when I am curious about what people thought about it, but don't personally think it is worth a ++ or --. It still might be worth a vote though. That still might be because I don't understand an answer fully, for example, or maybe I think it is an ok node, but not good enough. Still I might be curious what others thought.

Hmm. Yep. It is silly. I probably take one single vote this or that way waay too seriously, but well, they do add up. Maybe we'd get a better, true representation of what people think with this? Maybe not? Anyhow, I thought I'd come up with a suggestion or two, for my fellow monks to 'Aye' or 'Nay' - either for good reasons, I hope. :)

Suggestion 1: Introduce a "blank" vote. There are two ways I see this happening, both have their merits.

Suggestion 2: Introduce a possibility to show how many votes were cast on a specific node. Something simple such as

Reputation: 60 / 78

would be enough. This probably only would be interesting if the suggestion above was introduced, but I have had one or two nodes that has really gone rollercoaster with a heavy war between up and downvotes... it would have been kind of funny to see exactly how many votes were cast to reach the final reputation. Another system could be to do something like Nodes To Consider, where you, after casting the vote, get a separate count for each.

Both the above suggestions should probably be "off" by default, and possible to enable in User Settings.

Are there any good reasons (I'm sure there is) not to have these possibilities, other than that the gods have better things to do? Which is a good reason in itself, I guess *grin*. I would appreciate it, personally. Are there any others that would like these options, or am I alone? Which would be another great reason... hehe. :) All in all it is not a biggie, just possibly one of the small touches that makes a place a little more special and userfriendly(?).

Anyhow, let me know what you think. Thanks!

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In reply to Blank votes, and total vote count display. by Dog and Pony

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