Timeline for Why does reversing serial upvoting not reverse the Mortarboard badge?
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| Nov 8 at 4:43 | comment | added | Math Guy | A few weeks ago, I also faced this same issue, so I I messaged MSE support to revoke my Mortarboard badge and they replied that once badges are awarded, they can't be taken back. So IMO, what you have stated doesn't always work. | |
| Jun 3, 2022 at 11:15 | comment | added | convert | "maliciously-intended voting irregularity" How that defined exactly? | |
| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:30 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.stackexchange.com/ with https://meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Aug 31, 2015 at 14:52 | history | edited | Adam LearStaffMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
policy clarification. we don't revoke badges in "someone got excited and upvoted me a lot" cases
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| Apr 24, 2014 at 13:33 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Migration of MSO links to MSE links
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| May 5, 2013 at 10:24 | comment | added | Andrew Thompson | @Oded Thanks much for the assurance. :) | |
| May 5, 2013 at 10:22 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @AndrewThompson - When the results of serial upvotes are reversed, the other votes will still count (up to the rep cap, of course). | |
| May 5, 2013 at 10:19 | comment | added | Andrew Thompson | @Oded Cool, can you (or whoever acts on this) ensure I do not get 'penalized' for other up-votes I got since that happened? I am getting legitimate up-votes that are scoring me nothing due to the '200 per day' cap.. | |
| May 5, 2013 at 10:16 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @AndrewThompson - Now that you have drawn attention to them, they may very well get removed. There is no automated system in place for this, but we do look at fraud and reverse the effects. | |
| May 5, 2013 at 7:54 | comment | added | Andrew Thompson | I am not entirely clear from your answer. Serial up-voting I got today on SO caused a whole bunch of 'nice answer' badges amongst other things. It seems obviously fraudulent to me. So the badges will be removed? I feel they should be removed. Note: It seems to be coming from at least two users (a bunch of answers jumped from 9 to 11 votes). | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 20:00 | history | edited | OdedStaffMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2013 at 19:57 | history | undeleted | Nick CraverMod | ||
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| Apr 3, 2013 at 19:42 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @JoshCaswell - We do take fraudulent badges. I am just saying that automating that is difficult. It is about intention, which is not something that is easy to check for automatically ;) | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 18:54 | comment | added | jscs | You're taking away the rep and the upvotes themselves via an automated process. What's the difference? | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 18:52 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @JoshCaswell - Badges, if revoked, shouldn't be revoked by any automated mechanism. That's the biggest obstacle to removal of badges - that and proving of "dishonest behavior" (there are many cases where users have not behaved according to community ethos due to lack of knowledge - would you take their badges as well?). | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 18:48 | comment | added | jscs | Taking away a badge that was awarded because of dishonest behavior sends the wrong message?! The message I hear is: if you want hard-to-get badges that depend on votes, sock puppets are the way to go. What's the salient difference between removing fraudulently-gained rep and a fraudulently-gained badge? | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 18:43 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @djechlin - The policy is in place because badges are there to reward participation and taking them away would send the wrong message. It would do more harm than good - that's why the policy is in place. | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 18:41 | comment | added | djechlin | My point is it's begging the question to say "serial upvoting does not reverse the Mortarboard badge" because of the "policy." If the OP's point is valid then the policy is wrong; otherwise there is a reason it is invalid besides the extant policy. This and other answers only articulate the existing policy, none answer why this case doesn't suggest that the policy should be revised. | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 18:36 | comment | added | Oded StaffMod | @djechlin - No, the question you posted shows that you disagree/misunderstood the policy. The fact is, taking badges away from people is much more harmful than leaving them - what's the harm in that? | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 18:34 | comment | added | djechlin | This question reveals that this policy is incorrect. | |
| Jan 6, 2013 at 15:30 | vote | accept | Jin35 | ||
| Mar 21, 2012 at 12:01 | comment | added | Daniel Fischer | Maybe mention that tag badges are an exception? | |
| Mar 21, 2012 at 11:25 | comment | added | Oded | @Jin35 - If the upvotes were removed, then that day should not count towards the badges. Depends on the mechanism used. Since this is the first day it has occurred, the user still has a ways to go in order to achieve those badges (and if serial upvoting continues, the account may end up being suspended). | |
| Mar 21, 2012 at 11:22 | comment | added | Jin35 | Please, see my edited question | |
| Mar 21, 2012 at 11:19 | history | answered | Oded | CC BY-SA 3.0 |