I click these links with a "what can I hate today" attitude (I know I know, but there's so many bad implementations of bad ideas), but I'm surprisingly fond of this. I could actually see myself using it. If not just because it feels very modern and looks great.

I do agree with the hover comment made by RossH though. I found myself having to put my cursor in a "crack" while I scrolled down. Perhaps put the votes on the bottom half of the tile instead of over the image?