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If more users could vote, would they engage more? Testing 1 reputation voting on some sites
Update April 3rd, 2024
We have posted an update on the status of this experiment on MSO. Please leave any feedback, questions, or critiques on that post.
TL;DR: We are interested in finding 2-3 Stack ...
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Question downvotes issues in regards to the points system [closed]
I noticed that recently I am losing reputation points due to a question that gets downvotes. I don't understand how I got the points in the first place, but that's a different story.
I don't want to ...
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Unrecord accidental vote on a site where I have less than 15 reputation [duplicate]
I've accidentally voted on an answer on a site where I have less than 15 reputation. I wanted to undo it, but clicking it again just returns the same message that my vote was "recorded". Is ...
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Do votes get canceled if voting privilege is lost?
If I'm below 15 reputation, I can't alter the public score of an answer/question.
Suppose I gain the privilege by getting the required rep and vote some posts up. Then, for any reason, I fall below ...
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Why does seeing the up- and downvote count as a privilege? [duplicate]
Why can't all users see upvote and downvote counts? Is it somehow problematic for new users to have this information? The total score doesn't show all of the relevant information (+5-4 and +1-0 are ...
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/help/privileges/vote-up pages contain incorrect information for sites with unpinned accepted answers
The following inaccurate/outdated text is still presented on the /help/privileges/vote-up pages (on the Stack Exchange sites that have unpinned accepted answers).
1Except for the accepted answer, ...
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Why are 15 points needed to vote? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are 15 reputation points required to upvote?
Why is it so important to gather 15 points before starting voting in Stack Overflow?
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Ability to credit a post multiple times
I'm using Stack Overflow for a lot of years now, but sometimes I find upvoted answers which I found in the past and find again very helpful now.
I think it would be nice to give more credits to the ...
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Could the < 15 rep voting information text be made clearer [duplicate]
On the post "Feature Test: Thank you reaction" an edit was made to include the text
"..." (unlike voting, which is only available for users with 15 reputation or more).
Which ...
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Feedback notice should say "downvotes" rather than "votes"
Voting up needs 15 reputation, voting down needs 125 reputation.
If a user with enough reputation to upvote but not to downvote attempts to downvote, they are presented with the message:
Thanks ...
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Will a downvote from a user below 125 give you reputation penalty (-2)?
Will a downvote from a user below 125 give you reputation penalty (-2)?
I just want to know how it works. I tried to register a new account and downvoted on one of my answers. I didn't get the -2 ...
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feature request: develop more ways to build reputation for new users [duplicate]
I don't have an exact solution to offer, but as a longstanding low reputation user I find it frustrating and discouraging that I have to wait for someone to upvote my questions before I can be ...
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Are votes by anonymous users recorded? [duplicate]
When I'm signed in and try to downvote a question having less than 125 reputation, I get this message:
Thanks for the feedback! Votes cast by those with less than 125 reputation are recorded, but ...
GlorfindelMod
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Should the diamond be given to you at a certain reputation?
I couldn't find another question on Meta Stack Exchange that answers this issue.
Let's see the official Help page for some info here:
Trusted user
Awarded at: 20,000 reputation
Trusted users are ...
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Upvote requirements using Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
How does one simply (and quickly) provide feedback that an answer was helpful or vote UP on Stack Overflow without first establishing a reputation? I don't care about point games, but would still like ...
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Why do we get the privilege to upvote or downvote at different reputation levels?
To upvote we need a reputation of 15, but being able to downvote requires a reputation of 125.
Why do we need more reputation to downvote?
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Are my votes carried over when a question is migrated to a site where I can't vote?
On Foo.SE, I have voted up a question and down one of its answers. After this, moderators decide it's best to migrate this question to Bar.SE. However, I don't have enough rep for voting privileges on ...
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How can you vote on comments? [duplicate]
How do you vote on a comment to a question or answer?
I am not seeing any vote button by any comments.
Is it a privilege that you have to earn by having enough reputation? I only have 16 reputation, ...
CommunityBot
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Reputation needed to upvote / downvote [duplicate]
On Physics Stack Exchange I have 96 reputation points. I'm able to upvote something, but when I tried downvoting a question it said that my vote would be recorded, but not displayed.
Is there a ...
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What actually happens to recorded but not displayed votes? [duplicate]
When a user votes, but they have under the rep requirement.
Upvoting - less than 15rep; Downvoting under 125rep - (Besides Meta.SE)
They get this message:
Thanks for the feedback! Votes cast by those ...
CommunityBot
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Please reduce or eliminate the reputation required to see the upvote/downvote vote split
Stack Overflow is the only site I have enough reputation to be allowed to see the upvote/downvote split.
I wish I could do this on all Stack Exchange sites.
Could you please reduce or eliminate ...
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Why seeing vote counts is harder to get than access to some review queues?
Why is it a privilege to view vote counts? and its answer explains why seeing vote counts is a privilege (query cost + possibility for newbies to mess with votes).
Not allowing everyone to see these ...
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Message for upvotes is misleading
I realized the other day on SciFi & Fantasy SE that the upvote message is misleading. I had joined and asked a question, this one if you were wondering, and tried to upvote an answer.
It gave me ...
CommunityBot
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Is using reputation to scale the number of close votes the best way?
When we were working on the last se-quality-project, I wanted to introduce something into the review system that I still feel is pretty lacking. There's no way to really track your efficacy as a ...
CommunityBot
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Users with answer editing privileges should be able to change their votes on answers
Sometimes info in a comment causes me to want to retract a downvote on an answer.
It's not possible to change a vote once its locked in unless the answer is edited, but since I can edit answers, its ...
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Voting with less than 125 reputation points
I have found that if I upvote an answer, it gets upvoted, but if I downvote I receive a message that the vote is hidden until I have sufficient reputation points.
Here's an example from an answer on ...
CommunityBot
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Do my past votes stay if I drop below the rep threshold for voting? [duplicate]
I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but I couldn't find a dupe.
Let's say I have 60 rep. I upvote an answer. Then I get downvoted 25 times, and drop to 10 rep. Does the upvote I gave before dropping ...
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Downvote delay: a reputation loop?
Here is a theoretical sequence of events. Which one is incorrect?
A user with about 80 rep finds an answer which is wrong. It might do damage to someone following its advice, etc. and is generally ...
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Should the privilege to vote on questions come before the privilege to vote on answers
I'm a member of many sites, most of whose fields I am not an expert in. Even as a beginner, I find it very easy to determine what is a good question.
The implicit criteria I use is:
Is it concise?...
CommunityBot
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Registered Voter; a site-wide voting privilege
New privilege:
Registered Voter -5k(?) combined rep. You are trusted enough to vote on any post that you're reading, whether or not you have signed up for the specific site.
Unwilling to sign up ...
CommunityBot
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Why are 15 reputation points required to upvote?
I think more reputation points should be required to add a new answer than to upvote an existing answer. I don't continually watch for new questions, so usually when I find a question it has already ...
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The Reputation Model for Voting [duplicate]
I have been with StackOverflow since almost more than a year (as a user).
I have always been willing to contribute to StackOverflow by voting for the best contributions at the very least.
The problem ...
CommunityBot
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Should we do something to get an active user to vote at least once?
I encountered an Established User, quite active on scifi.stackexchange, who still had some quality problems. Looking at his profile, I realized he has not voted a single time.
That surprised me! How ...
CommunityBot
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Why login to approve answers?
Ok, this is a rhetorical statement, rephrased as a question:
I just read a very helpful solution to a problem I had and wanted to click the 'uparrow' approval to show my appreciation. Wanting to do ...
CommunityBot
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Why Up/Down Votes only visible for Established users? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do vote-counts require 1,000 reputation to see?
I don't mind not knowing the count of both but was just curious why it's so high up in the list of privileges?
Is it more ...
CommunityBot
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Difficulty evaluating some votes
Sometimes an answer has a low voting level like 3.
How do I know if this is caused by a few upvotes or approximately the same number of up and down votes?
CommunityBot
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Votes Count Breakdown Reconstruction Script
When i heard about the timeline page which is rather unknown (well, there is no link to it) i thought it would be fun to write a script which gets all the votes from there and mimics the view vote ...
CommunityBot
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Why is 15 rep required to upvote on Super User when I have >100 rep on Stack Overflow?
When I google something and I find the answer on Stack Overflow, I always upvote the question and any useful answers. I can't do this on Super User or any other SE site, because I don't ask or answer ...
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