Ask HN: Would it be nice to know who upvoted you?

#1

Post by _0ffh » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 12:39 AM UTC

As HN currently works, you'll know neither who up- nor downvoted you. I overall agree about the downvotes. But I'd personally also really like to see who upvoted, and some of the best reasons of why you don't see your downvoters do not really also apply to upvoters.

So, would you be okay if I saw that you upvoted a comment of mine?

[Edit: Typos and formatting]

Re: Ask HN: Would it be nice to know who upvoted you?

#2

Post by mchannon » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 1:13 AM UTC

The only downside is troll posts intended to harangue people of a certain mindset.

Say I wrote an article that was controversial but was everything you wanted to hear. So you upvote it. Then, the trap sprung, I name-and-shame you for going against the grain.

Pretty much a corner case, though.

I'd like to see an experiment: Downvotes bifurcated into "I disagree but this moves the discussion forward" and "this post has no value whatsoever", then the uprating system, instead of giving posts with the largest net upvotes the top billing, giving posts with the highest product of upvotes and positive downvotes the top mention.

A healthy mix of disagreement is so much more valuable than every lurker clicking "hear hear" on a popular but old news topic.

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#3

Post by ddingus » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 1:38 AM UTC

No, it will turn into endless meta about who voted for watching why.

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#4

Post by annefauvre » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 1:44 AM UTC

Yes agreed. would be nice to understand if downvotes are legitimate or a troll strategy :)

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#5

Post by yesenadam » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 1:47 AM UTC

>Would it be nice to know who upvoted you?

No. I have better things to do. Sometimes I wish I knew who donwvoted me, so I could hunt them down. Probably not knowing is for the best. :-)

Re: Ask HN: Would it be nice to know who upvoted you?

#6

Post by grawprog » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 2:08 AM UTC

No...I feel like it works well as is...mostly... Even if the feature existed I wouldn't use it.

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#7

Post by rc_mob » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 2:17 AM UTC

No. I’d stop voting if it wasn’t anonymous

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#8

Post by ctrlaltdev » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 2:53 AM UTC

I'm not on social media for a reason, that kind of features is part of the reasons I stay away from them.

So no. If someone really wants to engage with me, they can leave a comment... that I will see or not.

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#9

Post by rayvy » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 2:56 AM UTC

No. That would truly ruin HN for me personally (as seems to be the case with just about everyone else)

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#10

Post by vkaku » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 4:00 AM UTC

No. It won't be fun.