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That I don't know. Personally, I like the idea of having n votes per user that they can use any way they like.
Another site I used to faff around on had a similar system, but they restricted it that you couldn't vote on a thread you participated in. The idea being that if you psoted, you were involved and because you were involved any vote would be biased.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction.
My work here is done.
or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Another site I used to faff around on had a similar system, but they restricted it that you couldn't vote on a thread you participated in. The idea being that if you psoted, you were involved and because you were involved any vote would be biased.
Slashdot does that, but I don't think that's an option on CP. Just look at the programming forums... If you post a question there, and someone answers, you need to be able to give them a 5. In the lounge, it's pretty common to '5' a post and reply with a thumbs up. Speaking of which...
Nagy Vilmos wrote: Personally, I like the idea of having n votes per user that they can use any way they like.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: The idea being that if you psoted, you were involved and because you were involved any vote would be biased.
I don't think that reasonable. All that would do is perpetuate the insidious practice of anonymous univoting. Just because someone has sopted doesn't necessarily mean they will be biased. I often tops in threads that I have no feelings about at all. In fact I am more likely to ptos in threads of that kind.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Henry Minute wrote: sopted ... tops ... ptos
Is there something about the word 'post' that upsets you, Henry? 
Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash
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Simply gently, I hope, extracting the wee-wee from young William and his amazing dyslexic fingers. 
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Henry Minute wrote: I don't think that reasonable. All that would do is perpetuate the insidious practice of anonymous univoting. Just because someone has sopted doesn't necessarily mean they will be biased. I often tops in threads that I have no feelings about at all. In fact I am more likely to ptos in threads of that kind.
Three different typos of the same word in one paragraph... That takes talent 
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See my response to Richard.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I don't like this idea because the majority of readers are actually very low rep members. I don't see it as fair to disallow a new member the right to vote on something they really enjoy - what a buzz kill that is to try and award an author and have a "Sorry - you're not special enough" message come up.
Nagy Vilmos wrote: Librarian Poo
I wonder how many get the reference 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: I wonder how many get the reference
Ook?
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Chris Maunder wrote: what a buzz kill that is to try and award an author and have a "Sorry - you're not special enough" message come up.
That's an easy one to counter. Just don't show the voting option to users who can't vote. You can't miss what you dont know is there and is exactly how we handle the "edit" option elsewhere (ie, if you cant edit a question/answer you dont see the edit link - you dont see it and get a message "sorry you're not special enough to edit).
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I'd certainly not be looking foward to all the "I see the article ratings but I can't see where to add my vote. What am I doing wrong?" messages.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: I wonder how many get the reference
Nobby says to say Hi, but old Stoneface ain't happy.
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I wasn't saying they can't vote, but some tactical block that thye can't vote 20+ oneses in an afternoon.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction.
My work here is done.
or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
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That's a lot of number ones.
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Don't get me wrong... is there a problem with univoters?
I am not an author, so I can only speak about the forums. Here I don't see a real problem, occasionally I wonder about a low vote but think it's just normal to have one idiot among a crowd. Overall it balances out, right?
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In the Lounge, yes - a mad univoter (or two) has been at large there for the last week or so targetting everything and everybody for no apparent reason...
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We seem to be having a round of univoting trolling again. Normally I'd let this pass, but I think you might need to have a word with them in private.
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I'm getting the feeling there is one or 2 people constantly creating new accounts and posting drivel in the lounge.
Why you may ask.
To many new posts from fresh members (less than 3 months old accounts), under normal circumstances most if not all posts there are from regulars.
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Well I'v been countering the vote's you get.
My vote of 5 against ??? vote of 1 gives you a 3.67 so it averages out a bit 
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What's worse than the trolling are the accusations and assumptions that are arbitrarily thrown around. Yesterday someone assumed a nice polite member of being the troll, I had to interfere and clarify things up for people to leave him alone. Let's face it. Except for Chris (and other CP admins), we can only make guesses. So maybe it's best to keep any suspicions to ourselves.
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That's why I'm asking Chris (or other admin) to have a word with them in private - they have the logs. If the person has been around for a while, I'd hope that a days foolishness could be overcome with a gentle prod rather than the nuclear option of a ban being touted. As I said in the lounge, they can downvote me all they like - I have a big enough reputation not to be worried about it; some of the people who've been targeted have less of a reputation cover. If they must target somebody, then take it out on me.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: If they must target somebody, then take it out on me.
Holy crap 
This is Arnold O' Hanlon!
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Wait there a moment. I'll be back.
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