Counterpoint: public votes make it possible to spot users who try to manipulate the platform by voting with multiple accounts.
That just happened recently with a new user account that has been posting a ton. No one noticed they were doing this until they started harassing users and their harassment comments were showing a pattern of upvotes. Who would upvote a user harassing others like that? Well, themselves.
Counterpoint: public votes make it possible to spot users who try to manipulate the platform by voting with multiple accounts.
That just happened recently with a new user account that has been posting a ton. No one noticed they were doing this until they started harassing users and their harassment comments were showing a pattern of upvotes. Who would upvote a user harassing others like that? Well, themselves.