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  • Good addition. I wonder how casual users will discover this feature. Commented Dec 1, 2009 at 18:06
  • Well, how will the 1k rep users who don't visit meta discover the feature? Commented Dec 1, 2009 at 18:39
  • I think the low publicity is intended, Jeff was against this Commented Dec 1, 2009 at 18:59
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    By misclicking (with the intention to vote). I just discovered it half an hour ago on SO... and wondered why it wasn't working on my meta account, until I found this. Commented Dec 1, 2009 at 19:01
  • @Justin Nelson, it's listed on the sitename.com/faq page. Granted, explicit instructions aren't provided, but a simple mouseover does the trick. Commented May 20, 2010 at 20:25
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    @popular kind of wondering but what's the reason for needing 1k rep to use this feature? Commented Jan 29, 2011 at 10:12
  • @Victor, you'd have to ask a developer for an official answer, but I think they once said it was to prevent too many database accesses. Commented Jan 29, 2011 at 19:26
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    @Victor Popular Demand is right, see this answer by Jeff. Commented Jan 1, 2013 at 11:24