As I have said more than once in this thread, and Boogman originally said, we're discussing having a "null vote" that shows you the rep in exchange for removing your ability to vote on the node.

Do you really want to know the rep of nodes this badly? I guess I simply don't understand why. And, how does this help the casual user use and learn from the site?

Have you actually been reading my posts?!?

Amazingly, yes. Maybe I misunderstood some of your issues, or you didn't clearly state them.

You've proposed star-schemes and other things that counter your initial argument

Not at all, the star system would help people decide which posts have been 'deemed' most useful without showing actual vote counts. You can't see the difference (rhetorical)?

Showing the number would also enable users to pick up on the flaws of the system (e.g. vote inflation over time, etc).

I don't care about the flaws, I don't care about the rep of anyones posts, and I don't care about having more ways to vote. I care about usability and the best way for users to find what they are looking for and to find what is most helpful for them to learn. I think adding another way to nullify your vote on a node simply to see it's rep is silly. I haven't seen anyone clearly state what benefits it would have, especially for novices (who have no votes to waste on nullifying votes), or anyone in general. Seems like you just want to see reps without voting ++ or --.

Cheers,
KM

In reply to RE: RE: (11) Reputation Viewing Option? by KM
in thread Reputation Viewing Option? by PipTigger

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