Is it possible to upvote question and then downvote that question again and upvote again ad so on ? If yes, what is the consequences of this action ?
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What limits are there on how I can vote?  How often can I vote? How do my votes become locked/unlocked?
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was created on Server Fault, answered on Server Fault, I upvoted some of those answers on Server Fault, and then moved by consensus to Super User.  Now that the question is on Super User, I can upvote the same answers I previously upvoted on Server Fault.
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Consider the following situation:  I downvote a question / answer with a comment The answerer / asker edits the question and improves it  In that case, I think the downvote should be removed. I know it's possible to find my downvotes by going to:  http://stackoverflow.com/users/1438393/?tab=votes&amp;sort=downvote  but that requires me going to each and every post, check if it was edited etc. I was wondering if it can be done with the . I've looked at the existing queries searched for a similar one but couldn't find anything except  and . (I've seen  answer by Jeff and this is just a personal view) So, my question is: how can I list the posts that I downvoted that were edited later?
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When we started Stack Overflow, we wanted to make sure that downvotes were more of a visual and psychological motivator than a punitive action. That's why    upvotes are +10 downvotes are -2, and cost the casting voter -1   However, recently, I've seen Marc Gravell and Jon Skeet both say similar things:     IMO, downvotes don't quite carry enough... -5 downvotes and +1 upvote (for sympathy) yields zero points overall; or it could even yield +10 points for a new user! I'd prefer to see, say, -4 points? -5 points?   I am starting to come around to this way of thinking. There are some users who ask a lot of questions that get downvoted heavily, but over time these users end up with a fairly sizable amount of reputation.  This doesn't feel right.  We are considering changing downvotes to -5, with the same -1 cost to the casting voter.  There really aren't that many downvotes in the system, so the net effect of this change would be to reduce rep growth for users who tend to get downvoted as much as they get upvoted. (Yes, I realize this is no panacea: over time, we'll still get rep inflation for marginal users based on sheer quantity; this is only one of several changes we are considering to help mitigate this.)  The other downside to this change, besides the obvious minor loss of rep for most users, is that it would force a global reputation recalc for every user. I think we're due for one of those anyway.
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As mentioned on :     For something that can be done so   easily by accident, there should be   the ability to undo mistakes.   I know that I have clicked several times on a comment up-vote without actually wanting to.  I would suggest being able to cancel the up-vote (maybe only for a couple of minutes or even less than a minute, no problem, as long as I can undo a miss-click).
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What is the best method to deal with harassing users?  For reasons unknown I have become the target of what I believe to be an abusive user.  Within a few days he had downvoted nearly all of my answers or questions.  He has left comments on a number of my questions which aided in making the connection between him and the downvotes.    I know rep isn't really a big deal, but at this point this has become absolutely obnoxious.Is there no way to limit a user from downvoting another user repeatedly?  I have emailed SO, flagged his comments, flagged my own post and left a comment for the moderator (at the suggestion of the SO staff).  But nothing thus far.  I have a record breaking ~700 rep and he ~10K.    Edit:  Just to clarify, I understand that a wrong answer or less appealing answer should be downvoted.  I have no issues with this.  The downvotes I'm referring to didn't happen over days or even hours.  The majority of them occurred in the same 30 minute time span.
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Today I voted up the wrong answer. I noticed that there's no way to undo your votes. When you have voted an answer you are forced to vote it, even if you don't want to. I immediately noticed the error and I could just change my vote to up or down, not delete my vote. It makes no sense at all, imho. Since you are able to change your vote within 5 minutes, you should also be able to remove your vote entirely. I can't believe no one noticed that before...
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I only say duplicates but I think this could be extended to several other flagging reasons. Since accepted answers/upvotes don't get reverted on questions I see people sometimes cut and paste the answer from a duplicate question without flagging as duplicate. In the end they can usually score a few upvotes and even an accepted answer.  Found this related question:   Seems to have a lot of popularity but nothing ever happened  Jeff on Dupes     Those arguing for “remove reputation from dupes” have no idea of the   Frankenstein monster you’d be creating.      That would be an awesome rep-denial tool for griefing others, first of   all.      Second, it creates a MASSIVE disincentive to participation — even if   you had no idea there were duplicates, you could be bushwhacked at any   time even if you contributed a fantastic answer. Oops sorry dupe!   Zero rep, buddy! Bzzzzt! Go away! Take your awesome answer elsewhere!      Incentives are fine, but penalties are an incredibly bad idea and   would actively hurt users and the network.   I guess this answers my question, even if I disagree with jeff.
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Is there a way to delete a question after it's been answered, and the answer has an upvote?  Imagine that I have asked a question, that is later considered by me or the community as not useful and/or too specific. Or it gets a lot of downvotes for some reason. While it is not closed or flagged as a duplicate yet, someone could still answered it. Once answered, I cannot delete it any longer.  Is there a way to delete such question? Without having moderator privileges (to delete at will), is casting close votes the only way? I think I should have more control over the fate my own questions.  (On another example, I had a self-answered question where I was able to delete it only after unaccepting my own answer.)
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How can a post be viewed 7 times and downvoted 8 times? Is it a bug?
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Suppose you've hit the daily rep limit with two answers, each earning you 10 upvotes (so, 100 rep from each). Say, you delete one of those two posts, and then the remaining one gets 10 more upvotes. Then, tomorrow, you undelete the one with the +100. Would you get back that +100? If so, you've effectively received 300 points yesterday. Anybody ever tried this or heard about it? I know I'm not the first person to think of this...  p.s. I'm a regular poster on the statistics stackexchange, which is a relatively low-key site, so it's not easy to reach the daily rep limit, so I wouldn't be worried about stapling 100 points onto another day and potentially pushing myself over the limit on that day.
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I've had a few concerns over a new form of &quot;spam&quot; - that is, through voting. A while back, I had seen some wild reputation increases to my account, amongst others, that seemingly felt weird - as I've barely participated in asking questions or providing answers. Earlier today, this sentiment was echoed by another user in chat:  and like 250 this month? it seems like someone is spam upvoting  This was another user that saw a 250 rep increase, but has been inactive for quite a while. For a site that hasn't seen more than 5 questions a day, that was really weird. To put things even more out of hand, it seems like each vote has been placed on a question.  I did some investigation of my own, and it seems like I've found a badge hunter. More of a... gold badge hunter. This user is among the top 3 voters of the site. Looking into this user's profile, this user only has under 200 rep, and has posted a single question, which was received differently. One thing caught my eye:  Votes all time              by type 581   up              535    question 1     down            47     answer   Each vote is an up vote (with the exception of one), and there are 535 up votes on questions. There are 535 questions in the entire site. Using reputation stats from user profiles, I came with the conclusion that these votes are...  Done within a short period of time. 5 question votes within a couple of minutes Done in [near] perfect chronological order: The earlier the vote, the earlier the question was asked. As if the user had gone through the list of questions in order, and placed an up vote on each one.   I see this as incredibly problematic. First:  It dangerously inflates reputation. Votes are not done based on their content, but simply for voting. Therefore, reputation loses it value as a way to measure expertise.  It's like serial up voting. Generally, when we hear the term &quot;serial up voting&quot;, we think of a voting ring, where one user continuously up votes another. This is negative for the targeted user. Well, here, we've got a voting ring with the site and this user. A user continuously up votes the site, causing negative damage for the site.  We mix good and bad content. Since low quality questions are a victim of the voting spree, many get meddled with the rest of &quot;good quality&quot; questions, despite being closed as off-topic, too broad, or whatever the reason. We can no longer reliably sort questions by quality with the very system that was designed to help us.   ... And the rest of voting fraud issues outlined in .  I've got a couple questions on this:  Is this comparable to serial voting? Should such votes be reversed? How should we determine whether or not to reverse them?  Should we stop this? Let it be? Is this really that big of a problem for sites? (I would argue that it's less of an issue for graduated sites that receive large amounts of content, but what about beta sites that rarely see more than a few questions a day)
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Are you influenced by existing votes? That is, if a question or answer has a large number of up votes, are you more likely to vote it up (and similar for down)?  The reason I'm putting this question is this: on these sites we see how other people vote before we do. This almost certainly influences us (see resources, below) - just as we can be influenced by our  (people often naturally pick the busy one).  This trend may also be further influenced by rep - do we give more weight to the answer of someone with 10K rep than someone with 10 - even if they both have e.g. zero votes?  And if this does happen, is it even a problem?  I'm not looking here for solutions - right now I'm just curious as to whether this is something you recognise.  Clarification edit: I'm referring to voting here. Example: if you see a question or answer with 20 plus votes, are you more likely to vote it up than if it has no votes, or a negative number vote?  Bounty: I've been so impressed at the quality of answers and comments here that I'm offering a small bounty to encourage more great responses and discussion.  Wrapped up: Bounty awarded to the answer that received the most votes. In light of the question, it only seemed appropriate...  Resources:
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Currently we capture fanatic, voting ring or rage-type activities, by measuring the number of up-votes or down-votes between the same two users in a certain (relatively short) time period. When this is detected by the system, the votes are reversed, and I've never bothered to investigate what else happens after that - though I'm sure some form of wrist-slapping ensues.  While it is intended to be well-guarded for obvious reasons, the algorithm used is not exactly a secret, and I am sure there are plenty of examples where people are dangling (maybe intentionally, or maybe by dumb luck) just on the safe side of getting caught.  Personally I believe there are active, intentional, long-term vendettas in operation right now where users either:   blindly up-vote every answer from a user; or, down-vote a particular user once or twice a day, regardless of topic or quality.   Now, maybe the first one is valid - if I'm operating in the same tag-sphere as some smart person, it may just be that I'm constantly enthralled with their answers, and I'm not even noticing who they're written by. (Though, even Skeet isn't perfect, and I haven't up-voted every answer I've seen him post.)  But still, can we do a better job of catching - or at least noticing - this activity over the long term in addition to the short term?  The behavior is the same, and shouldn't be tolerated, regardless of the time frame - vengeful rage serial voting, blind staker crush serial voting, and painstakingly patient serial voting are all undesirable behaviors IMHO.  I'm not saying it has to do anything automatically, as I'm well aware of the possibility of false positives. And I'm not even sure what to propose as a time frame or a vote threshold.      But if a large percentage of my up-votes or down-votes are against a particular user, and especially if on a majority of those posts I am the only one voting in that direction, I think it should at least be raised as some kind of flag to moderators.   This would work much like how other suspicious activity is highlighted (but also not dealt with automatically). If a pattern becomes obvious and persists, then they can intervene in some way (or not, but at least they were provided with the information - just like they can reject and ignore manual flags). Today, all I can do is e-mail team@stackoverflow.com, and unless I know exactly which person(s) are involved, there is not much they can do about it.  And you're thinking, "Meh, let some hater down-vote you once or twice a day. Unless all you're posting is utter crap, it should be statistically insignificant." You're right. But reputation is not the point, and is not the motivation behind my request. What I'd like to see curtailed is the tendency for folks to down-vote a question or answer because of who posted it, not because of what it said or didn't say. When a down-vote is personal it can leave a person second-guessing the quality of their post. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, except when it happens repeatedly.  Sorry for the essay but I wanted to try to anticipate and cover all the objections and hole-poking.
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Consider the answer I posted here:   It is actually an improvement to the most upvoted answer. However, had I just made an edit to it (the most upvoted answer), I would have received no reputation for further upvotes. This way, however, I received 5 upvotes until now and even earned the Necromancer badge for it.  Do you think it would make sense if the editor could also earn some reputation for subsequent upvotes?  Perhaps this could be part of the edit review process, where the reviewer has e.g. a checkbox to tell whether this edit actually builds upon the original answer, so that the editor should also receive reputation for further upvotes.
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Possible Duplicate:          I asked a question . I explained that I am able to do these functions individually but I am looking for a way to combine them. One person understood and tried to answer. The question have then being voted down, I lost 12 reputation points on it. The question was then closed. After which I lost an additional 2 points. I believe that my question was fair enough that it should not have lost any points.
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Why is there no possibility to make upvotes onymously? Seeing positive votes from credible other members would highly increase transparency and trust in answers.   Has anything like that been tried out so far?   What strong opinions are against such an option? Why not even make such behavior default?