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No automatic upvotes for our own deals anymore?

Aug 3, 2012 12:22 PM

I just posted this deal, but instantly had a vote of 0. The up arrow was already highlighted, so I couldn't even vote for my own deal. I must have started with -1 ??? Look at the views. Look at the "voted for" on the right. Nothing. Nobody has voted and it won't let me even vote for my own deal.

WTF?

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/011c06a2-cc36-4c93-ac11-41b172ec32d7/team-color-64gb-usb-2-0-flash-drive

firebirdude firebirdude

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It's a glitch, it happens occasionally. Delete it and repost it if you catch it within the first 5 minutes. I just tested and it seems to be working right for me.

lichme lichme
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What @lichme said. It happens to me too, occasionally and I usually just upvote myself, or wait a little bit and it corrects. You could also log out and log back in; that has worked a few times without needing to delete and repost.

okham okham
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Happened to me the other day. Reported it in beta feedback, and it fixed itself in a few minutes. No one else was seeing the issue when I asked in chat, they said it looked normal to them.

jezebelseven jezebelseven
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I noticed it when you posted and I was thinking,"How in the world has @firebirdude gotten this far without buying anything?".

jsimsace jsimsace

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This is only for people who have bought woots

We restrict voting to users who have purchased something from one of the other Woot stores. It's not just because we want your money (which we do) - it's the best way to be sure all the votes are coming from real people and not spam-bots or phony accounts. The best way we can think of, anyway. For now.

You can always get voting rights by buying something from one of Woot's other sites:

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Geez, why so negative?

You have to vote up more before you can vote down.

Don't get us wrong. Negativity has its place. And downvotes are just as essential as upvotes when it comes to making Deals.Woot a useful place to find deals.

But when your votes lean so heavily toward the dark side, we have to wonder. Go vote up a few things. Accentuate the positive for a little while. It'll do you some good, and it'll do the site some good, too. Then you can get back to dealing out the smackdowns, OK?

Too late, we all heard you!

Hmm... you're wanting to take your vote back?

Well, that's a bit tricky. See, we do a lot of stuff with your vote, using it to work out the popularity of what you voted for, compare that to all the other things voted on, tally up our leaderboard, work out your reputation. Someday we'll do a little cartoon showing just how hard your vote is working.

Anyway, taking votes back messes all that up, so we give you five minutes, in case you just mis-clicked. After that we've got to say no take-backs. Luckily, votes are free, so feel free to throw them around left and right wherever you see fit.