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Absolutely not a must have, I'd prefer if it could be an option to just display the word VOTE or not. I can't actually see how it being there can harm anyone, but would not want to have it imposed on people who really find it a bad thing.

But I do think it's becoming more of a fad these days that functions are sometimes hidden behind cryptic icons. It's great for developers or people who use that kind of site. But I know for a fact the more elderly users with either not even see the number and arrow, or even if they do will ignore it.

I don't see anything to be ashamed of in explaining some things, or else just making them more intuitive.

And I don't get that just because some other site does something (unintuitive) that other sites should follow. The principle being two wrongs don't make a right.