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Remove vote counts from front page, or reduce their size

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I suggested some changes to the vote counts on the front page here, and was invited to post them on general meta.

Basically, I think the red/green meter is a great indicator for question quality, and I'm wondering if vote counts should be so prominently available. I would either remove them (possibly keep them as a title attribute on the meter), or reduce the font size to make them smaller than the question titles.

I think this would help draw your attention to what is actually important (the titles).

Current situation:

Mockup with small font:

(Note: maybe the negative count should be on the left and the positive on the right, so that it matches the meter)

Mockup without vote counts:

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4 comment threads

Small font mockup is great, maybe add score meter style changes? (5 comments)
Regarding score (4 comments)
Quality is important (3 comments)
I don't think it looks good! (5 comments)

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