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https://poal.co/s/SiteBans/9829

Poal is being brigaded. Making voting history publicly available is a proposed solution.

Let's discuss the good and the bad of this solution, and other solutions we can implement to solve this problem.

https://poal.co/s/SiteBans/9829 Poal is being brigaded. Making voting history publicly available is a proposed solution. Let's discuss the good and the bad of this solution, and other solutions we can implement to solve this problem.

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I don't think it's a good idea. Being able to see how people have voted is a good tool for figuring out weather or not an account is an alt for vote brigading, but I think it goes against the idea of Poal as a "bubble breaker."

I think if people can see the way they've voted in the past, that voting history can be used as a way to dismiss what they say now, and as a way to target users for brigading.

"You're a Jew shill."
"You're a Trump supporter." 
"You're a commie fag." 
"You're a racist." 

Knowing a person's voting history, and the communities that they participate in, I believe, will lead to more insular behavior. People will ignore what you say because of how you've voted before. And then, in turn, because people won't let you escape your own past, you become more stubborn. Unwilling to change because people won't let you forget that you used to think a different way.

That was just me fucking rambling, so here's a shorter reason in the form of a question. What would your enemies do to you if they had access to how you have voted in real life, and can publish it?