My suggestion in a few words: implement an option to make rating visibility optional.
Having those numbers visible everywhere all the time on this site adds nothing to the player's experience. Points are used to match users and the pairing system works fine whether or not the user knows their rating.
Some users are attached to their points and stop playing after getting a good rating for fear of losing it. Rating points can also create addiction.
I can understand why a commercial site such as chess.com wants to keep this system visible, but lichess is non-profit and therefore doesn't need any tactics to keep users engaged.
There are CSS workarounds to hide rating, but they don't work on the app, and not every mobile browser supports uBlock addon.
In this case, Lichess has almost all the necessary code to implement the option: cheaters have their graph and ratings hidden, zen mode hides points during games, and ratings with a high RD have ? instead of a number. Lichess could help those users who want to ignore their ratings by offering an option to replace them with the question mark.
Having those numbers visible everywhere all the time on this site adds nothing to the player's experience. Points are used to match users and the pairing system works fine whether or not the user knows their rating.
Some users are attached to their points and stop playing after getting a good rating for fear of losing it. Rating points can also create addiction.
I can understand why a commercial site such as chess.com wants to keep this system visible, but lichess is non-profit and therefore doesn't need any tactics to keep users engaged.
There are CSS workarounds to hide rating, but they don't work on the app, and not every mobile browser supports uBlock addon.
In this case, Lichess has almost all the necessary code to implement the option: cheaters have their graph and ratings hidden, zen mode hides points during games, and ratings with a high RD have ? instead of a number. Lichess could help those users who want to ignore their ratings by offering an option to replace them with the question mark.