Nearly every day recently, I'll use up all my post and comment votes here on Meta. Why do we have the voting limit here?
asked Jul 27 '13 at 20:38
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11To keep users from going "turbo".– juergen dJul 27 '13 at 20:39
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All other stuff like posts, comments and even edits are easy to track down and undo if needed however votes are highly anonymous and even a dev need lots of effort to track it down if needed. So imagine someone angry with the system and everyone who will downvote 1000 posts in one day.– Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3Jul 27 '13 at 21:11
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4Won't the vote anomaly detector catch 1000 downvotes in one day anyhow?– jballJul 27 '13 at 22:18
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There's some cool stuff out there.
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13@PeeHaa: Try a different window. This may require going to another building.– jscsJul 27 '13 at 21:09
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6It's like getting upvotes on SO for a bikeshed answer, @Cole; I just don't feel any need to gain reputation from this, even though I'm serious about it. It didn't take me enough effort.– jscsJul 27 '13 at 21:15
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4The funny part about this is that I've actually been sitting outside all day in my beautiful backyard. Thanks to the magic of extension cords and Wi-Fi, though, I can still code and waste time on SO.– jscsJul 28 '13 at 0:39
The point is to prevent users from vote-spamming the site to an extent.
That need to prevent spam exists on meta sites, as well as main sites.
answered Jul 27 '13 at 20:44
