Questions tagged [voting]
Voting, both in the sense of up or down voting a post, as well as voting to close/reopen or delete/undelete
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Is this serial downvoting?
From yesterday, I am having frequent downvotes, without any kind of comments. I have received 5 down votes since last night. This never happened since I have been here for 10 months. And the posts ...
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Is anonymous & low rep vote information accessible?
Low rep and anonymous visitors who vote on posts see a message that their vote was recorded, but the information isn't visible anywhere. There is some reporting of this available to a limited number ...
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How did I exceed the reputation cap today from only upvotes?
Today, I received +201 reputation from only upvotes, exceeding the daily reputation limit of +200.
This shouldn't be possible according to Help Center » Reputation & Moderation » What is ...
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Why are some Super User answers not sorted by up-votes?
I was just looking at this question on SuperUser: How do I change the user I am logged in with on a Network Share?
Unlike other questions, the answers do not seem to be sorted in any particular order ...
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Negative up-vote/down-vote ratio: is it effective mentoring, or too harsh?
Voting on the questions and answers within the Super User community has often been a lively topic of discussion. Our voting tendencies are deemed important enough that during past Super User ...
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Elusive Vox Populi Badge [duplicate]
When I try to vote a question/answer up right now I get the standard "Daily vote limit reached. Vote again in 9 hours." message. How is it possible to get the Vox Populi badge for casting 40 votes ...
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How to ask better questions and give better answers
Rarely can I ask a question or provide some kind of input without someone having a problem with it and it’s getting on my nerves. To me, they all seem like great questions and answers, so I figured ...
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Why is the voting on SU so negative?
Why is the voting on Superuser so negative?
After looking around at other Exchange Sites, I've noticed this website is the harshest site to gain reputation. Perfectly good questions get down-voting ...
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Is there any moderation for users who cast counter-productive votes?
I just posted a carefully written and on-topic question. It took over 10 minutes of my time to phrase everything just right and make the question clear. Within 2 minutes, some other user hastily ...
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Why 1 rep users allowed to downvote?
There is a guy who lost it completely. He has 1 rep (seems it doesn't go any lower than 1).
His last 'answers' on superuser are extremely offensive and do not add any value to the site. Why is he ...
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Something not right in the voting system
I asked this question.
I pressed submit, and immediately my question was upvoted, faster than the speed of light, if you are a moderator, I don't if you can check it, but the first vote took less ...
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Reputation cost of downvoting
Why does downvoting an answer costs 2 reputation points while doing the same on a question not?
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Has the possibility of having a "Vote to Answer" been discussed?
I've run across a number of different questions that may have entirely acceptable answers yet an answer is not selected either due to a user not returning to complete it, forgetting, or not thinking ...
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Sorting is showing lower scored answer above higher one, neither accepted
It was my understanding that answers to questions on all SE sites are sorted by descending net votes, with the accepted answer (if there is one) pinned to the top.
However, the answers to this ...
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Can I see who voted on my posts? Can anyone?
Is there a way to see who upvoted our questions, answers, or comments? If there isn't, is there a reason that this is not available?
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