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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Hiding individual upvotes and downvotes, June 2014=== | |||
Since June 2014, individual upvote and downvote counts on posts are no longer publicly visible. Only the sum of votes and the percentage of upvotes are publicly visible.<ref>[https://archive.today/2015.06.01-192314/https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/28hjga/reddit_changes_individual_updown_vote_counts_no/ reddit changes: individual up/down vote counts no longer visible, "% like it" closer to reality, major improvements to "controversial" sorting : announcements] - Reddit</ref> | |||
===Hiding sticky comment vote counts, January 2016=== | ===Hiding sticky comment vote counts, January 2016=== | ||
Since January 2016, vote counts on comments pinned by Reddit moderators are hidden from public | Since January 2016, vote counts on comments pinned by Reddit moderators are hidden from public view and only visible to moderators of the same subreddit. This prevents the public from knowing whether moderator decisions were widely agreed upon.<ref>[https://archive.today/2025.06.30-222930/https://www.reddit.com/r/ideasfortheadmins/comments/400on6/remove_karma_display_from_stickied_comments/ Remove Karma Display from Stickied Comments : ideasfortheadmins]</ref> | ||
===Going closed source, September 2017=== | ===Going closed source, September 2017=== | ||