in reply to Make it possible to see vote totals again

No downvote on the OP, but I'm inclined to the opposite point of view.

Considering the quality of questions, discourse, and attention to the site's documents on its standards, I can imagine that reverting to full disclosue of vote counts would merely inspire a plethora of whining in the CB and 'plaints in the threads... neither of which is particularly constructive or useful.

And tye has made it fairly clear, in response to one such complaint, that he (and other godes?) do watch for systematic downvoting of the kind you mention.

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Re^2: Make it possible to see vote totals again
by cavac (Prior) on Dec 27, 2011 at 20:32 UTC

    I can only agree. Here's my rule of thumb:

    If your posts are good enough, you will have a positive score on them. If your posts are - let's call them "suboptimal" - then you probably deserve a negative score.

    Even if one or two persons regularly downvote you unfairly, you'll still get your XP. If you really get systematically downvoted, you should call the gods for help (and/or rethink your attitude).

    All in all, i prefer to cast my votes anonymous (e.g. only known to the gods, the vote fairy and the reaper).

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