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So @AOU and I have been talking and he just came up with an idea. We have been discussing it for a few minutes today and we thought we would share it with you guys and get your input. 1. A page where you can see a list of the downvotes on your posts and another for comments (Level 6 and up) 2. A page where you can see a list of all downvotes that have been cast on the site (Red Barons and up) So let us know what you think.

So and I have been talking and he just came up with an idea. We have been discussing it for a few minutes today and we thought we would share it with you guys and get your input.

  1. A page where you can see a list of the downvotes on your posts and another for comments (Level 6 and up)

  2. A page where you can see a list of all downvotes that have been cast on the site (Red Barons and up)

So let us know what you think.

Idea 1 & 2 are good
Idea 1 & 2 are bad
Idea 1 is good & idea 2 is bad
Idea 1 is bad & idea 2 is good
Fuck You!

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[–] • 2 pts

One possible reason for not wanting to publish downvotes: the pricks at reddit use it to profile IP addresses, and therefore peoples thoughts.

If proceeding put that data behind an open source captcha (not google) or maybe cgibin script to throw spiders bots into loops. Anything proprietary can and will be data harvested.

[–] • 2 pts

Anytime we have seen a bot trying to scrape data we have put a stop too it. We do not sell data we will never sell data. We will not have data from poal used for anything period(other than site operations and that will always be transparent).

That being said downvotes are currently public if your account reaches level 6 it has been for almost 2 years and not one time has it caused a real problem. The only time it caused a small problem was when we first made them public for those accounts. This resulted in a few people getting mad and leaving which I understood at the time.

As I've said many many times, the downvote button isn't an I disagree button, that is what the post comment button is for. I would hope people would post comments to tell me why they disagree with me I don't know how I would learn more if they didn't.

[–] • 2 pts

I hope you forgive me for this.

I just clicked your profile and clicked "posts."

In short order I learned you enjoy R-Rated Anime, so much so that you posted a link for others to see... 2 years ago.

I'm just a person. Imagine what a bot can pull.

[–] • 1 pt

What now? I apparently forgot that post. lol 2 years ago I did drunk post from time to time. I wasn't as much of a public figure at the time.