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Is it possible to know who voted my question/answer up or down? If not, then is it possible to include this feature?
By this feature we can come to know if you are being voted up by question owner or persons giving other answers to same question or just the visitors of that question thread.

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If it is a group of people giving other answers, then your answer is most correct If it is readers of that question, then your answer is more popular

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    Can anyone find a FAQ for this? I expected one to exist (there's even a FAQ for comment voting), but failed to find it. – Arjan Sep 3 '10 at 11:22
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That would start a flame war of people downvoting who downvoted them.

So, this feature should never be implemented to keep the smooth running of Stack Exchange sites.

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    thats true! thanks.. But generally when somebody votes down, then he/she should do that with valid comments why he voted down so that the ownder will come to know the real reason. Otherwise that can also be done notoriously. – Anil Sep 3 '10 at 10:59
  • That's a different thing. The commenting on downvote can be made mandatory if that's what you want. – shamittomar Sep 3 '10 at 11:05
  • @shamittomar: it isn't even accepted as an option, but if you like down-votes, go ahead and feature-request that once again... – Tobias Kienzler Sep 3 '10 at 11:09
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    No need to create a new feature request; the best of two worlds is here already, right, @Anil? – Arjan Sep 3 '10 at 11:25
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    Anonymous voting and mandatory comments have already been discussed to death on MSO. – user27414 Sep 3 '10 at 11:29
  • removed feature-request tag. thanks for the link @Arjan! I should have checked "Related questions" section before posting it. – Anil Sep 3 '10 at 11:32
  • the votes should not be public. how ever the down wotes should have less inpact than the up votes – Shawn Jul 6 '12 at 17:15
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No, you can't, and you shan't. A vote is a vote, no matter by whom.

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  • It would be good to require some sort of comment from the downvoter to explain the rationale for the downvote. With perfect anonymity and no obligation to justify the downvote, the power to downvote can be abused. A person could use it to harass another member, for example. Also, if there is a valid reason for the downvote, doing so without leaving a comment gives the OP no clue about how to improve the question by rephrasing it or adding more detail, etc. – Tim Dec 20 '12 at 21:04
  • @Tim I actually feature-requested that, as an anonymous option though. Requiring it would yield some problems, e.g. experts with little time not down-voting answers and therewith giving others an indication to double-check it. There are some mechanisms to prevent selective down-votes. At least now there is the "please consider a comment" reminder... – Tobias Kienzler Dec 20 '12 at 22:06
  • some more: meta.stackexchange.com/q/66020/146482, although here's the best argument: "-1 my cat's breath smells like cat food" – Tobias Kienzler Dec 20 '12 at 22:10

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