I've just noticed that if you try to vote without having a privilege to vote, you're greeted with such message:
So, that's interesting. Does it mean that if I gain 125 (or 15, in case I'm upvoting not having 15 reps) rep on that site, my "suggested" vote goes public and until then it would be recorded as it's done with anon feedback?
And until this change, the votes weren't recorded as anonymous, or has the new message saying that it acts as feedback been added just to not upset users?
No, it means you're not voting. You're leaving "feedback" — we track the nature of your vote, but don't alter the post score in response to it.
Once you earn 125 reputation, you can actually vote.
This was implemented to be more inline with the message given to anonymous users, who see:
(The previous message shown to low-rep logged-in users was a terse red error.)
The message has since been revised further, and now says something more like this:
Thanks for the feedback! Votes cast by those with less than 125 reputation are recorded, but do not change the publicly displayed post score.
