Do we need to see the vote count?

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Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:16:13 +0000

What is the reason for displaying vote count? Could we bring even more focus to the content of a post/comment by not displaying the vote count? What would we lose if vote count is removed?

Edit: It is more transparent if the vote count is displayed. Either way I believe it requires some trust from the user that the site mechanics as vote count and sorting system is working as claimed.

Edit2: Here's an argument for why we need to see the count.

Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~tildes/23f/do_we_need_to_see_the_vote_count

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