Questions tagged [voting]
Peer voting on questions and answers gives users most of their reputation, and also usually controls how posts are sorted to the top.
2,175 questions
8 votes
0 answers
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Notify me when my Meta posts are voted on [duplicate]
Currently, when a post of yours on a per-site meta is voted on, you have no way of knowing unless you check the post. Meta posts are important. They can decide how sites operate. There is a very ...
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27 votes
0 answers
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Rename the "Vote up [comments]" privilege to make it more distinct from the "vote up [posts]" privilege and more consistent with other privileges
There is apparently a new privilege for upvoting comments on every site. Now distinct from the privilege to upvote posts. No doubt this is related to Stack Overflow Experiment: Safely expanding voting ...
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19 votes
0 answers
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Got a notification that I earned the "vote up privilege" while I have 60k+ rep
I got a notification that I earned the "vote up privilege". I think it's a bug since I'm have 60k+ rep on that site. More examples.
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20 votes
0 answers
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Stack Overflow won't accept my votes anymore
I click on the vote and it temporarily seems to work, but it won't accept them anymore. Is there a problem with the Stack Overflow GUI? Or is it my account? I certainly have enough reputation points ...
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14 votes
0 answers
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Top-bar menus and other features remain broken
I'm still experiencing the broken functionality described here and here last week. On Physics, I can't access the diamond moderator menu, the notification menu, the new-rep menu, and their other drop-...
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32 votes
2 answers
461 views
Multiple features are broken
I am currently unable to cast votes on posts and view vote counts using the standard buttons. In addition, the flag and close dialogs, as well as the share popup, are not opening. Adding and expanding ...
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11 votes
0 answers
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Add 'show vote count' to keyboard shortcuts
All Stack Exchange websites can be navigated using the keyboard shortcuts. I find myself reaching for the mouse just to click the vote count to see the amount of up/down votes, something you'll unlock ...
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13 votes
2 answers
230 views
Receiving multiple prompts to vote in an election, even though I already voted
I've received 2 prompts to vote in Stack Overflow moderator election, even though I've already voted. I'm clearly not the only one with this. Is this related to the fact that only 10% of voters got ...
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-9 votes
1 answer
153 views
Why can’t new accounts upvote questions/answers? [duplicate]
I get why some actions on StackExchange (and its related sites) are restricted to a certain reputation level, in order to prevent spam. However, up-/downvoting questions seems like having only a minor ...
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-20 votes
2 answers
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Add a minimum amount of edits to lift vote locks
As of right now, there is a time limit of 5 minutes after a vote is cast that locks it, preventing it from getting retracted. This is to prevent tactical downvoting. That is, until the post is edited. ...
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-69 votes
3 answers
574 views
Allow regular users to vote to lift a user's suspension
Allow regular users to vote to lift a user's suspension. Rationale: SE is supposed to be moderated by the community as much as possible.
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18 votes
2 answers
246 views
"Hang on, you can't upvote just yet." -- so is my vote saved or not?
I've been using the forums for years, and I've always been prompted "You can't vote but your vote is saved" or something similar when I've upvoted a question or answer. It was reassuring ...
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0 votes
0 answers
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Has anyone calculated the votes per view ratio for questions on each Stack Exchange site? [duplicate]
I've noticed the votes per view ratio for each question appears to be extremely low on most Stack Exchange sites. Has anyone calculated the votes per view ratio for each Stack Exchange site? If so, is ...
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18 votes
3 answers
891 views
Don’t choose to remove all votes from frequent voters with many useful votes
Recently, a longtime user deleted their account. The user in question had more than 42,000 votes on MSE alone, and therefore the decision to invalidate all their votes must have been made by SE staff. ...
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7 votes
0 answers
140 views
Ability to Modify the Vote once you realize that you are wrong [duplicate]
I downvoted the answer and left a note explaining the downvote. The author of the answer replied to my note explaining why I am wrong. Unfortunately, I am now unable to remove my downvote because the ...
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