Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#1

Post by suliamansaleh » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 4:52 AM UTC

i was wondering why we are not allowed to see the people are voting on posts, is this like a technical issue, or a political one(conflict), i dont get it thanks

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#2

Post by makecheck » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:02 AM UTC

Occasionally, a single comment can get over 100 points. The site may not want to keep track of that many links to a single post. (Not that I know why it works the way it does, but this seems like a good technical reason for it.)

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#3

Post by ashitvora » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:02 AM UTC

May be they want to keep things simple.

You anyways don't know other users unlike facebook where most of the people liking and commenting on your status are your fiends.

More features they have, more complex it is for users and developers have to maintain it.

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#4

Post by brudgers » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:21 AM UTC

Anonymous voting reduces quid pro quo, vendettas and other sorts of unproductive behaviour.

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#5

Post by suliamansaleh » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 5:31 AM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #4

Anonymous voting reduces quid pro quo , vendettas and other sorts of unproductive behaviour.

"quid pro quo" i didnt know what it means, but it sounded pretty kool, just checked it on wiki, it sounds so british, im a londoner myself, fantasttic use of words @brudgers

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#6

Post by pg » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 6:06 AM UTC

It's a social choice. It wouldn't be difficult technically. Historically the origin of the custom may be slashdot.

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#7

Post by ntoshev » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 6:19 AM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #4

Anonymous voting reduces quid pro quo , vendettas and other sorts of unproductive behaviour.

Quora shows who voted up an answer among the people you follow (presumably you value their opinion). Makes a lot of sense in that context.

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#8

Post by ygd » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 6:20 AM UTC

makecheck wrote: post #2

Occasionally, a single comment can get over 100 points. The site may not want to keep track of that many links to a single post. (Not that I know why it works the way it does, but this seems like a good technical reason for it.)

Sites like reddit can garner thousands of votes on a certain comment. Keeping track of these would further decrease reddit's already slow response time.

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#9

Post by brudgers » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 6:29 AM UTC

suliamansaleh wrote: post #5

brudgers wrote: post #4

Anonymous voting reduces quid pro quo , vendettas and other sorts of unproductive behaviour.

"quid pro quo" i didnt know what it means, but it sounded pretty kool, just checked it on wiki, it sounds so british, im a londoner myself, fantasttic use of words @brudgers

If only I could program in Latin.

Re: Ask HN: Why do Hacker News, Reddit, not show the users that voted?

#10

Post by mzl » Tue, Oct 26, 2010, 8:33 AM UTC

makecheck wrote: post #2

Occasionally, a single comment can get over 100 points. The site may not want to keep track of that many links to a single post. (Not that I know why it works the way it does, but this seems like a good technical reason for it.)

It still needs to keep track of it for purposes of stopping double voting.