I would welcome the idea. Currently, I cast many votes for no other reason than to find out how many votes a post has, as I'm curious in what people think is a good post and what isn't. There's no option of voting "blank", so I've to vote either ++ or --. That means, I vote -- to posts that do not earn a --, and I vote ++ for posts that do not earn a ++.

I'd trade in my ability to vote to see the votes. ;-) One could prevent a "herd" mentality by starting off with no votes displayed to a post, but giving readers the option to view the number of votes cast. Once you select that option, you no longer are able to vote for that post.

(And now we'll get people saying that they are happy with the system as it is, and I shouldn't demand vroom to change the site. And that I'm a heritic for even wanting to change the site. Well, read again. I'm not suggesting anything should be done. I'm just pointing out what could be done.)

Abigail

In reply to Re: A vote locker ability? by Abigail-II
in thread A vote locker ability? by Marza

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