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Feature request: Since upvote and downvote are asynchronous, could what number your vote is display?

Dec 5, 2012 3:24 PM

Dear Woot technical staff,

Since the upvote and downvote operations will usually occur well after the page has rendered, and are definitely asynchronous, I think it could be rather helpful to have a small, no-frills display (maybe just by setting an alt, or title attribute or other hoverable data) of what number vote the user's actually was. For those that understand the leaderboard mechanics, it may make a difference in whether they wish to leave it in place or rescind it.

I suppose if the update mechanics were sufficiently predictable that you could give us an idea of where our vote stands in relation to the newly displayed value, that would do the trick too.

Thanks.

psaux psaux

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That made my head hurt.

xdavex xdavex
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tldr

dpn0121 dpn0121
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Voting should be about whether it's a good deal (or good question / comment) or not, not whether you can gain rep from it.

lordebon lordebon
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@lordebon: By that reasoning there shouldn't be a leaderboard, meters, or a coaching mechanism associated with that. I don't really agree with it being the way it is either, but if it's being put forward as a game to be played, this would be consistent with that end.

psaux psaux
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@xdavex: I had to make a couple of dictionary visits myself.

jsimsace jsimsace

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Sorry

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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.

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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.