Would it be possible to show the avg vote given by a member? This would be even better if it could be broken down by genre.
The question for me would be "Why?" What is the value of knowing how someone has tended to vote?
I would strongly oppose that and in fact not accept it. That should be private. Many people wouldn't put up with it and leave. The only cases where someone's voting record should be made public is if they are an elected politician and their votes on laws should be available to their constituents. Other than that doing such thing is an invasion of privacy. I am very sure that such an intrusive, counterproductive thing would not even be considered here on Lush.
Firstly Buz you're vote is not private. It's quite easy for an author to work out how you voted.
The question arose because I noticed someone had voted on my story and gave it a 1. All the other votes were 4 or 5. I thought ok, they didn't like the story. I checked their profile and looked at other stories they'd voted on. Practically every other story they voted on had a rouge outlier score of 1, presumably also from the same person.
There are a number of explanations 1) they are extremely demanding. 2) they are very poor at choosing which story to read 3) they are deliberately choosing to read and vote on stories they won't like 4) they are mendaciously voting low for some reason
I have also read many comments on stories in a particular genre from one member that are almost always negative. I question why he continues to read from this genre because he clearly doesn't like this kind of story and has some axe to grind.
From another point of view it would contextualise the voting if someone always gives 5's. A bit like at school where everyone gets a prize.
I have also posted it in the thread suggested.
It's easy to see how they voted individually but not overall. So if you get a low vote and that users avg is low then it adds context. As is aid, some users just vote low persistently for some reason or another.
Some people do that, it's not the end of the world to get a low score, get over it.
I agree with Buz. If someone wants to go through the hassle of figuering out my votes over the last seven years, be my guest. I would not want the site actively reporting it.