I've noticed on a lot of community based sites, that pretty soon elitism breaks out, or is at least allured to. I suggest that (using hb.com as an example - no insinuation intended) it should be impossible to see who made a post before voting; this way all posts would be voted for based on content, not who said it. EG: [user clicks to display a post] post is shown without a name [if logged in, user votes, or chooses not to vote, and can never vote on this post] [now post is shown with updated votes, and name is displayed] Of course, after time, people usually start to recognise the writing style of members, but still, I think it would be a good feature for a lot of sites :)-- user24, Feb 20 2004 That damn, [user24], always causing trouble! <grumble>-- k_sra, Feb 20 2004 :p-- user24, Feb 20 2004 Ever seen a B movie called The Transporter ? Guy makes his living racing around in a nice BMW delivering packages for criminals. His policy ? "No names".
We instituted this policy when gossiping about coworkers in public - you never know who in the world knows the people you're talking about. We refer to the person by their first initial.-- normzone, Feb 20 2004 I thought the whole idea was to vote for or against an idea based on wether or not you agreed on said idea ,regardless who suggested it.-- python, Feb 20 2004 Oh, you must mean the staying on-topic approach.-- normzone, Feb 20 2004 and hey! changing your mind is so human! thanks jutta.-- po, Feb 20 2004 ....no pack drill-- gnomethang, Feb 20 2004 Interesting way to really change the dynamic of a site.-- RayfordSteele, Feb 20 2004 Voting is not important. Getting rid of that would solve your dilemma equally well, insofar as you perceive it to exist.-- waugsqueke, Feb 21 2004 > Voting is not important. ?-- pashute, May 13 2009 I never base a vote on who posted the idea because I can never remember if I like a certain user or not. Therefore I tend to treat all users the same.-- simonj, May 13 2009 Amen, brother.-- normzone, May 13 2009 random, halfbakery