Comment by llamageddon01 on 24/10/2021 at 10:42 UTC*

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View submission: The NewToReddit Encyclopaedia Redditica v2

Vote Arrows hidden or greyed-out on Posts

Reddit sometimes hides the vote buttons/vote count on a new or fairly new Post[1]. This doesn’t happen on all subreddits, but it's hidden on some subs so users won't be biased based on the amount of votes the post already has and will instead upvote/downvote it purely based on how they feel themselves. The goal of this is to hopefully curtail and minimize the effects of bandwagon voting, both positive and negative[2].

1: https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204579919-Why-do-some-comments-show-score-hidden-instead-of-the-total-number-of-votes-

2: https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204511579-Why-does-the-post-score-sometimes-not-appear-

This option is available for moderators to implement as a subreddit-wide feature to obscure the vote counts on comments for a predetermined amount of time after their submission. The default time is set for 2 hours, but can go anywhere from 1 minute to 24 hours. Another way of doing this is for a mod to enable 'contest mode' which randomises the sorting and obscures Child Comments. Hiding the vote score will not affect the sorting and Child Comments will continue to be displayed as usual. Other reasons for vote buttons being greyed out are because:

The post is over 6 months old and is archived (a yellow box icon will be shown on the top RH).
The post is locked by the mods (a yellow padlock icon will be shown on the top RH).
The post has been removed by the mods but is still in your post/comment history.
The post has blown up and has reached an upvote/downvote limit.

TL;DR: It’s all part of the Reddit ethos to level the playing field on all new submissions and to keep things moving, fresh and relevant.

*See Also:**

Bandwagon Effect[3]
Comments[4]
Deleted or Removed[5]
Locked; Padlocked[6]
Parent / Child Comment[7]

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhhq94y/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

4: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhi9l30/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hh8qa5k/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hho6386/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhck1r2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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