Alicorn comments on Official Less Wrong Redesign: Call for Suggestions - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Louie 20 April 2011 05:56PM

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Comment author: Alicorn 20 April 2011 07:45:37PM 12 points [-]

It's now possible to check a preference to make your votes public. Currently all this does is collect your disliked and liked posts into two pages reachable only from your userpage; you cannot tell by looking anywhere on a post who publicly likes/dislikes it, and there is no support of the feature for comments. I would like this feature extended for people who prefer it.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 20 April 2011 09:38:18PM 2 points [-]

I have mixed feelings about this-- public voting has a lot of possibilities for drama.

On the other hand, possibility for drama = chance to work on rationality.

Comment author: Alicorn 20 April 2011 09:42:35PM 3 points [-]

And it's an option. One can remain anonymous, currently and under the proposal above. If one finds it too dramatic to go public, one can unpublicize.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 20 April 2011 09:48:26PM 1 point [-]

I meant that there could be drama between participants about what votes have been given. If there hasn't been, it either speaks well for rationality levels here, or means that most people haven't found that feature.