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Why can't i down vote?

Aug 1, 2011 2:20 PM

Ok, so i have not yet given anything a negative vote. not once. yet i saw a post today that deserved one, so i went and clicked on the little down pointing arrow and i got this

"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?"

I have voted positively several times, and not voted negatively once. so what the hell is up with the above msg? If the voting system is not going to work, can't we just do away with it?

ndcouch ndcouch

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I think some law of small numbers has come out to bite you. You've only voted for 5 deals, and-- though you might not remember it-- you actually voted against a deal posted 11 days ago. (see http://deals.woot.com/deals/users/ndcouch/votedagainst).

P.S. Also see this recent thread: http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/d74e984b-e65e-4152-9734-865a375b515c/why-wont-woot-let-me-vote-honestly#12

heymo heymo
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your downvote capability is based on the upvotes you've made in the last 24 hours only. You are unable to "bank" them up for several days.

capguncowboy capguncowboy
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@capguncowboy: I didn't know that! Thanks for the tip.

heymo heymo
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@capguncowboy: Man, and I thought I had like a thousand down votes stored up. Not that I'd ever use them, mind you, but just the thought of what destruction I could bring upon an unruly member made me happy. Oh well...

shadowhunter312 shadowhunter312
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@heymo: ah, that makes sense. i cant remember my downvote.... it is very likely i was not sober when i did it :)

ndcouch ndcouch

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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.