@PonyFlea
This feature is not about if you’re a dick or not. The vast majority of people aren’t, which is great. This feature is about identifying people to uploaders and thus artists who are consistently negative - ie, people who never or rarely see the good in things. We want to promote a positive community, at the end of the day, and that means for artists too. At the end of the day they’re the people who make what we share! This is about making sure they can feel a bit more safe about posting artwork on the site and in trusting feedback in comments.
It’s a fair point. It’s interesting, from our standpoint, to see how people vote and what the dynamic is there if we change how that’s presented. Anonymity in voting is an interesting topic and perhaps one we’ll have to respect ultimately at the end of the day…
Ok, I think this is flawed. This is not a good reflection of the user base because now that users know they are being monitored, they may change their voting habits. When I come across something I don’t like, I tend not to even vote, when I come across something I do like I will sometimes vote it up.
Remember, Anon posts were originally made so that people could say whatever they want without ruining any kind of reputation they have, or to hide any alleged bias that user may be associated with. The same goes for anonymous votes.
A) We don’t really know what this will do the community and how it’ll affect things - that’s why we’re trying it to see what happens! There’s no guarantee this will stay or keep its current form.
B) We’re always trying new things. Seriously. Derpibooru started out as an experiment - a research project, basically - into new ways to search and present images. We’re very keen to keep experimenting to see what happens.
C) We view net votes as an interesting data point in terms of representing overall disposition as a user towards content on the site. That’s something you can’t get from karma or similar systems that rely on users voting on users. Hence our trial.
