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What is the best way to block upvote counts? I can't find it in site settings. That said... the site settings do support custom CSS, so- I think the best way is going to be to set the vote elements to render blank using css. That should blank them out anywhere you're logged in.
Right now I'm using U-Block origin. I use this line:
##button.m-0.p-0.nobackground.caction.btn > .score
to target the comment score elements.
Ublock origin is very nice. I also use it to block things like youtube shorts, adds, and other unnecessary GUI elements on any number of sites. So I do recommend it even if there's a better solution for TheMotte in particular. But I'm curious what other people think. And also whether I'm missing a settings button that disables them... It does seem like an odd thing not to have in the settings unless its an intentional exclusion... and then that might imply that they don't want me blocking them myself either. I'll be surprised if the answer is that it's simply never been requested but- That is another possibility.
P.S. Some may notice that this is a reversal of my previous personal policy regarding vote-counts. This is true. This new policy gives me less attunement to community opinion, but it also appears to reduce my social anxiety,
I mean, I don't think me and the other mods particularly care (in the sense it's something to disapprove of) if you don't want to see your own upvote count. It's an intentional design decision, and we don't fuzz votes and do show exact vote counts unlike Reddit, so it's not entirely a legacy thing.
I consider them a sign of quality when I see high numbers (of course there's noise and partisanship, but surprisingly little of it on this site), and I certainly get a dopamine boost when a comment of mine is appreciated. I think it incentivizes good behavior quite a bit, given that we have a rather civil and even handed userbase, both active and lurking. Most of us here are because we like what this forum tries to achieve, and upvote for quality even when we disagree. Well, mostly.
But it you don't like seeing upvote counts and really want an option, raise it on the github, though I think it's niche enough that it's unlikely to be a priority anytime soon. We keep up votes hidden for 24 hours anyway, from others and our own users, to avoid feedback spirals.
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