User blog comment:Jack Pistol/Rule Request: Vote With Reasons/@comment-2040576-20111104163105

not going to answer everyone directly so i would like to make some points :P
 * 1) ( @ Embarrassed of reasons point )A while ago when polls were still in use I made a suggestion to Tama ( in his talk archives now I'm guessing ) that voting have some rules to be more fair. I noticed that with polls being anonymous a lot of people would easily vote but not comment, but if the majority didn't like this vote they would say things like "WHO VOTED NO??? ARE THEY MENTAL!?" and other rude statements and usually the vote would change even though they were anonymous. I suggested that that should not be allowed and that a list of pros and cons be put in all votes so that people would not simply vote to the majority and actually use their own opinions. Anyway I think that people should be allowed to debate in the comments of votes but not openly offend people or start extreme arguments with them.
 * 2) ( @ More on Embarrassed about reasons point ) You shouldn't feel embarrassed about your reasons because it will only help your case in the argument. Perhaps if it truly is a personal issue you could say: "// will discuss reasons with an admin privately" and then you could talk to an admin so that not everyone has to know and they will verify your vote.
 * 3) If you have no good reasons or are not able to express them then why are you voting? Surely you have valid reasons for your choice ( except maybe for Neutral ) and therefore you should share them :P
 * 4) Most importantly, if you don't state reasons how do we know that you are not voting because someone told you to? You shouldn't be afraid that admins or other users will be angry with you because other wise there would not be an oppose feature.
 * 5) In my opinion this will help admins monitor with more ease and it will give them feedback and may help other people decide on their votes :P /end rant