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Should we add placeholders for referencing upvotes, downvotes, views, etc. of a question/answer?
Often when writing meta posts, you are referencing values such as upvotes, downvotes, and views from other questions. This results in lots of "at the time of writing" and "currently&...
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Unable to undo comment-upvote after page reload
Why can't I remove my comment-upvote after I've reloaded the page?
I completely understand the reason to 'time-lock' removing your vote (or question-vote), but it seems like reloading the page should ...
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On the timeline view for questions, display the type of vote and when it was cast
Looking at a timeline view, I'd like to understand what people were looking at when votes were cast.
The votes themselves should be anonymous with respect to who voted, but upvotes, downvotes, and ...
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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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Always preserve votes from users who are voluntarily removed
Refer here.
Summarily invalidating all votes from a user who has asked for their account to be removed is both incredibly disruptive and unnecessary. If a user asks to be removed from the site, they ...
user102937
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Popup before possible serial voting
If somebody votes on too many posts by the same user within a certain time period, we should display a popup like this:
You have voted on too many posts by this user in a short time period. Serial ...
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Have posts start at 3 upvotes
I suggest that new posts (questions and answers) should start at +3 votes by default rather than at 0.
This is meant to have no mechanical effect on the website. It is just a psychological display ...
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Hide downvotes past zero for low rep users
Downvotes aren't personal but they can come off as personal to lower rep users that aren't as used to the site and the mechanics of the site.
By making it appear that there is a downvote floor of ...
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Allow using the Elections mechanism to vote on Community decisions (direct democracy)
Right now StackExchange has an excellent election mechanism which allows for a fair and transparent voting on Moderation candidacies. However there is no such mechanism for voting on site matters (e.g....
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Should we be retaining a user's opinion in meta if they delete their account?
As confirmed by Shog9, votes may be retained on the meta sites, if a user deletes their profile for that Stack Exchange site. This originates from another post, where a user has brought up various ...
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New additional Point Rating for users
Currently, the point rating (PR) is the main user success feedback. Have you ever thought about the new additional point rating (NPR) based on weights?
That would be like this:
A, B, C, D are users.
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Expose Vote History "Given To" data to each user
This (see screenshot below) is already part of the moderator dashboard.
Why not let a user view his own voting activity detail?
One loses track over time, and I would occasionally find it useful to ...
anon
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Suggestion: Down vote if you have already answer or made comment in a question [duplicate]
I would like to suggest stackoverflow to fix the down vote system.
Currently, someone can be down voted so so so easily by users that they don't know the problem and or the don't answer questions etc....
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Downvote own answer?
When you post an answer, you usually get a couple of votes. But then another user may post a better answer, appearing at the bottom of the page. Of course I then up-vote it, but I sometimes feel like ...
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Should the amount of reputation gained and lost be proportional to your actual reputation?
The amount of reputation lost and gained are fixed numbers instead of percentages. This isn't entirely fair for everyone.
For example, a down-vote subtracts 2 reputation from you. To new users, -2 ...
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