Peer voting on questions and answers is the primary way users gain reputation, and also how many items are sorted to the top.
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Why I got only 2 reputation for upvote [duplicate]
Yesterday I faced one issue, I don't know wether it's an issue or my fault of understanding.
Here is answered one question Can GWT handle Java Swing?
Answer accepted and got 4 up votes. Still ...
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1answer
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A hypothetical voting situation
Here is the situation:
Person A asks a question.
Person B answers the question.
Person A downvotes Person B's answer (unjustly, perhaps.)
Person B (or perhaps a third Person C) downvotes Person A's ...
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vote
1answer
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Upvotes vs View count
I've noticed that for each 100 people that view a SO question, you'll generally see about 0-5 people that vote, up or down. That doesn't seem like a very statistically relevant ratio of opinions on ...
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votes
2answers
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How do I give an upvote?
Some one gave a very useful answer and I want to reciprocate in one way or another. How do I give an upvote?
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0answers
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Deletion votes not being recorded on user profile?
The votes tab on my user profile doesn't seem to be recording my delete votes, whether a post was deleted from Moderator Dashboard or from individual posts.
For instance, on my Super User profile, it ...
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votes
0answers
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Serial upvoting reversed? [duplicate]
I've just been getting into StackOverflow since I got some time and my new job and today got -45 in Serial upvoting reversed. I'm curious why this is? I made a LOT of good posts on the Ruby-On-Rails ...
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Down Voting deduct Reputation Point
its already Here but it does not give my answer
When i review, i get some post are answered very badly or question when i flag this it declined and shows flags should not be used to indicate ...
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vote
1answer
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Is it okay to not revoke a down-vote on an incorrect answer after it's been edited, after other correct answers have been posted?
Here's the situation: I visited a ~1 minute old question which no answers posted on it. I then submitted my (correct) answer to see that whilst I was answering an incorrect answer had been posted. (I ...
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1answer
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Are downvoted questions/answers closed or removed?
Questions with many downvotes are removed or closed automatically from listings and search results? Are the moderators notified?
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Downvote feast on my profile [duplicate]
I just got downvoted on alot of my questions and answers in a very short period of time on SO. I suspect someone hold a grudge on me.
Is there any way of identifying that person?
Do I have to go to ...
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4answers
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Is it “breaking the rules” to downvote trivial answers?
I came across this answer earlier today, which I deemed trivial (all it gave was the solution, not an explanation of why it worked or how to prevent this from happening in the future, and was ...
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vote
0answers
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Can't undo my vote after question was edited [duplicate]
This one: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/176449/183887
I downvoted and commented.
Question was edited.
"You last voted on this question 8 minutes ago..."
I think the issue here was the "I can ...
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4answers
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Should answers be downvoted even though it is correct?
Should answers be downvoted even though it is correct, but (should?) not have been posted or "given" away free?! (especially to new users)
Question in question: html tag transfer it up or down use ...
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1answer
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“Mirrored” voting pattern
I would like to know if other users here experienced a
curious pattern.
Let's say that someone comes to meta to solve a problem
triggered by a post on a completely different subject in
one of the ...
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vote
1answer
48 views
Would like to vote but can't find a way
Sometimes I get a message to be sure to vote, but I can't seem to find a place to do it. Some answers are just great, and I'd like to give them a positive rating. Please tell me how to do this.
