Originally Answered:
Why is Quora hiding upvote counts from me until I upvote an answer?
If any of you have been on Quora long enough, you should know that most surprising UX features here are either bugs or trial balloons.
Claire J. Vannette’s answer to Why did Quora remove the number of upvotes before clicking an answer?
And note from that question that the same bug (or trial balloon) was observed 10 months ago.
EDIT: I don’t have this yet, but yes, this is likely a feature…
EDIT: I have it. I proclaim this feature.