here's a thought: how about PH hides the counter unless you upvote and then confirm upvote once count is displayed (versus endless upvoting just to view) - couple this with endless randomized resorting whenever app is opened or refreshed, may create a more level playing field...
"Herd mentality, or mob mentality, describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, follow trends, and/or purchase items."
Thanks @bentossell! That's definitely the idea behind Blind Hunt. Several studies have been conducted on herd mentality and by 'hiding' the upvote counters and shuffling the posts, you spend more time on Product Hunt reading about the products instead of blindly upvoting.
Is it perfect? Definitely not. There is definitely a lot of room for improvement, so any feedback would be awesome!
EDIT: Couple things on how it works:
- Hides upvote counters for past 3 days
- Hides upvote counter on individual post page & hides upvoters section
- If you really need to get your fix and see what's trending, the homepage still has all upvote counters visible.
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