Originally Posted by
apirchik
I believe that in the USA, Canada and other "democratic" countries, your date of birth (join date in FT), home town, programs you belong to and the number of times you opened your mouth (post count in FT) are not a matter of public scrutiny but yet this has not prevented you from voluntarily giving away this data and post more than 12,000 times on FT. IMHO, the "I voted" sign is a badge of honor and nothing else you might try to make it.
I freely chose to disclose these facts to the FT community.
I don't need badges of honour to entice me to vote....and the icon is an invasion of my privacy if I choose to vote since this avatar is a default.