The idea is simple. The same as on the win-forums, but more: When up- or downvoting a post, it should be hidden when reloading the page. It makes reading through the trending post list much better.
Over there it's an option in the settings.
Optionally add an option to just hide a post without voting on it (maybe a button between up- and downvote that indicates something like "meh").
It is not difficult. Topics are (I assume) shown by querying a database. Upvotes/Downvotes by user are already saved as information, so all that is needed is to adjust the query to return only results that are neither up- nor downvoted. Or "meh"-voted, in case that would get implemented as well.
On the .win forums there was the issue that people were incentivized to upvote posts merely to hide them. At least I do upvote posts that are rather "meh" solely to not see them again.
On the .win forums there was the issue that people were incentivized to upvote posts merely to hide them. At least I do upvote posts that are rather "meh" solely to not see them again.