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Evaluating importance of the question
TLDR: Split up voting, and only give reputation when question is concluded (answer is accepted). Then award reputation based on activity after, by people who revisit the topic and vote.
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On sites where accepting an answer does not pin it, should it get a boost in rankings?
Some sites no longer pin accepted answers to the top. While I understand the reasoning (e.g. the OP's favorite answer might be wrong), it does seem like acceptance should "boost" the answer ...
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Show upvoters to the upvotee
I understand why votes are anonymous, and don't believe anyone should see who downvoted a particular post.
But, at the same time, SO is a social media site, so not knowing who upvoted you dampens the ...
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Is downvoting en masse an on-topic question "friendly"?
On Meta we often see off-topic questions that have no rhyme or reason: too many if truth be told. These questions are downvoted by the community, closed swiftly, removed from the main page and deleted ...
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A few suggestions for the "Welcome back!" banner
When I arrive to a Stack Exchange site, I'm often greeted with this banner:
Welcome back! If you found this question useful, don't forget to vote both the question and the answers up.
To me, this ...
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User consent is required before closing the question [duplicate]
I came across an article and tried to answer the question, but unfortunately, it was closed, so that I couldn't answer it.
It isn't easy to decide whether the question should be closed or not, so it ...
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Ask for confirmation when down voting a question or an answer
When question or an answer is down voted can we have a confirmation popup asking user if they are certain? The same would apply if it was a star rating system when giving a 1 star out of 5.
The ...
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How can the required number of votes for community promotion ads be lowered on smaller sites?
Martial Arts SE just got our first community ads a few months ago. The requirement is that in order for an ad to be shown, it must have at least 6 votes. However, I'm sure I speak for many small ...
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What's the purpose of displaying username with reputation, when other users are supposed to vote on that post and not the user?
"Vote on a post, not the user."
... is the central theme and guidance of the SE communities while encouraging the voting. However it might be neglected by some users when a particular ...
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Why is voting prevented on locked posts? [duplicate]
I can totally see why content coming in, unfortunately, sometimes, is really getting out of control. Like here An Update to our Community and an Apology or there (or not right now, but maybe again in ...
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Can we have a drop-down menu for "Featured on Meta"?
UPDATE (02/09/2019) It has been over 26 32 days since Congratulations to our 29 oldest beta sites - They're now no longer beta! appeared on Featured on Meta.
The news was great, 99% of users who ...
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Why Stack Exchange is no longer a fun place for learning and sharing knowledge, and how we can change this [closed]
I have been a longtime lurker on Stack Exchange, and enjoyed using it as a reference and learning tool.
I am happy to see it grow, but I am increasingly worried about where it's going.
Prompted by ...
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feature request: develop more ways to build reputation for new users [duplicate]
I don't have an exact solution to offer, but as a longstanding low reputation user I find it frustrating and discouraging that I have to wait for someone to upvote my questions before I can be ...
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Is there any way to track the users who I have personally upvoted?
A coworker of mine just stated:
It's crazy you remember their names
When I mentioned something along the lines of
You should trust the answer from , I find they know their stuff
Which led to ...
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Duplicates on meta sites - sum the votes
Duplicates are there mostly to tell us that a question was already asked and, in some cases, it also has an answer and to link to this question.
While this is great for main sites, on meta it's a bit ...
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