Although it does cause some hiveminding, I like that the votes are visible to everyone. Many times I’m just skimming past comments, and if I see a +20 I know the person probably said something important, whereas otherwise I might have skipped over it.
Yes, great comment. I knew it would be good as soon as I say that it was rated +2.
Seriously, though, showing votes for only your own posts would probably be a large improvement. Why are votes even visible? Make it so we still can have a comment rating threshold, but can’t see karma otherwise.
The anti-kibitzer will do that, though it also hides poster names (which I felt was preventing me from getting to know anyone). It’s accessible from your account settings.
Also, can we change things to only show votes for our own posts? Vote being visible is too much priming that leads to too much hivemind.
Although it does cause some hiveminding, I like that the votes are visible to everyone. Many times I’m just skimming past comments, and if I see a +20 I know the person probably said something important, whereas otherwise I might have skipped over it.
Though, as a general rule, we probably shouldn’t upvote comments found in this way.
Edit: and this comment is a perfect example of why we shouldn’t. Ironically.
There’s a Less Wrong anti-kibitzer which you can install in your browser to hide that info.
Meh. It also leads to corrective votes and pointing out when something is hidden that isn’t that bad.
Yes, great comment. I knew it would be good as soon as I say that it was rated +2.
Seriously, though, showing votes for only your own posts would probably be a large improvement. Why are votes even visible? Make it so we still can have a comment rating threshold, but can’t see karma otherwise.
The anti-kibitzer will do that, though it also hides poster names (which I felt was preventing me from getting to know anyone). It’s accessible from your account settings.
(Edited for politer tone)
Awesome. Thank you.