A user interface control which reveals a hidden
joke or image when the control is used to vote in favor of a proposal,
joke, work of
art, etc.
Coined by
Zach Weiner (creator of the web comic "Saturday Morning Breakfast
Cereal") to provide incentive for visitors to vote up his comic's rating. The voting has ceased, but the button still reveals a bonus drawing or comic panel to follow up the content of the main comic of the
day. The name "votey" has stuck, even those there is no longer voting associated with this control.