I’m trying to understand where the bad is in this idea.
Are you maybe opposed to details of the implementation? Would you think the idea is bad if the option to filter out results is opt-in and explicitly stated? For example, offer users a “only use votes from teenagers when displaying data on the site” option, which they can enable or disable at will.
If it’s opt-in, explicitly stated, and not limited to groups that the user has declared themselves to be a member of, there’s probably no harm in it—it’d just be another kind of information.
Your original suggestion was missing some of those features, most notably the opt-in option.
I’m trying to understand where the bad is in this idea.
Are you maybe opposed to details of the implementation? Would you think the idea is bad if the option to filter out results is opt-in and explicitly stated? For example, offer users a “only use votes from teenagers when displaying data on the site” option, which they can enable or disable at will.
If it’s opt-in, explicitly stated, and not limited to groups that the user has declared themselves to be a member of, there’s probably no harm in it—it’d just be another kind of information.
Your original suggestion was missing some of those features, most notably the opt-in option.