Have a way to see who upvoted a story

[pents90]

Seems like there is no need to keep it anonymous, and it would be nice to know who digs something.

[tdhsmith]

That's a pretty radical departure from the model of similar/parent communities (HN, reddit, designer news, lobsters, etc). I'm not necessarily opposed; I just think it's a decision that should be weighed carefully.

Relatedly: there is an interesting difference with pullup in that every user can be coupled to a github account, so there's already one more obstacle to anonymity (creating a unique github account separate from any others you may have) than exists on many discussion sites.

[treygriffith]

@tdhsmith Yeah I'd say anonymity is not a strong point for Pullup, but I think that's ok.

I'd agree that seeing other user's upvotes is a pretty significant departure from other sites. It's more akin to "favoriting" on other sites (del.icio.us comes to mind). I'm not opposed to that, but it probably merits a change to the verbiage and icons from a "vote".

[chall8908]

I agree with @treygriffith and go farther to suggest that we use "Like", if for no other reason than because it's most likely to translate to non-native English speakers (I blame Facebook).

Having the ability to remove my likes would also be nice.

With the addition of tags for posts, I could see this turning into a more personalized news site. You can see news that everybody likes, news that you might like based on other things you liked, etc. Could be neat, actually.

[rickhanlonii]

I dig this idea, especially because it's departure from other sites. It also may be a natural way to encourage thoughtful voting.

I could see this turning into a more personalized news site.

Really like this idea @chall8908. I'd love to follow/view only links PG or tptacek has upvoted on HN, for example.