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It's not that - it's the principle. It's just that I reckon 3 is neutral (the CP used to do so as well in the "old" days"). And I THINK that most OP's do the same...
I was just wondering the reason that it has suddenly become negative?!?!?
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Johnny J. wrote: It's not that - it's the principle.
Sure, but how many people do you think, out of the 10 million, actually care about that? Those of us who use the voting system responsibly cannot control those who don't. And, as I said above, why waste time worrying about it?
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Sorry for being curious. Never knew that was a crime before. Also thought that somebody would know. Guess not. But why not just admit that then? 
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Johnny J. wrote: Sorry for being curious. Never knew that was a crime before.
Sorry, who said it was?
Johnny J. wrote: But why not just admit that then?
Admit what? I was trying to explain that certain people get a thrill out of down voting perfectly reasonable responses. In an open forum it's something you just have to live with. And, again, what does it really matter, does it actually make any difference to your life or what the rest of us think of you?
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I give up. I ask in the East and you answer in the West. Don't know why, because I know that you're far from stupid, but I really don't care. Why don't we just call it a weekend and meet back here on Monday morning, nice and rested...??? 
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Johnny J. wrote: I give up.
Me too; still can't figure out what I said to offend you.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: still can't figure out what I said to offend you
You haven't offended me. It's just that you completely ignore the question I asked and just insist that it is irrrelevant. It might be, but that doesn't answer the question.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: what I said to offend you
I think there might have been a miscommunication here.
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Me too - I doln't know why Richard thinks he has offended me. Have I said anything like that? 
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
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Johnny J. wrote: Richard thinks he has offended me
I can't speak for Richard but the thread sounds to me like he might have misinterpreted your posting to be just another tired rant about the voting system Or, he might have been simply trying to explain that the voting system itself is much used and abused and it really does not matter anyway so a "3" vote is irrelevant to anything.
In either case, I think that everyone should just take off for the weekend and try enjoy some time away from the drudgery 
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ThePhantomUpvoter wrote: I think that everyone should just take off for the weekend
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OK, I'm a bit wider awake today and see where I went wrong; my apologies.
I think it is all to do with the weighting of votes, and a 3 vote does not always come out as neutral depending on the reputation level of the voter.
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Johnny J. wrote: vote of 3 considered DOWNVOTING
I get you. I was surprised at this too. I would expect a 3 to be neutral, neither adding to or taking away, but I have received negative points for a 3 vote also.
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Does it not depend on the weight of the users? i.e. if you have a 5-vote from a newbie and then a PoH or OG comes along and votes you 3, this actually gives you an overall of 2.25 or something, so is in effect a down-vote?
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Johnny J. wrote: What about 4 stars? is that considered downvoting
No:
- 1 or 2 stars: downvoting
- 3 stars: considered downvoting, but perhaps it's a better idea to consider it as a neutral vote
- 4 or 5 stars: upvoting
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3 stars is meant to be neutral and no points are associated with it.
Can you point out where we say "downvoting"? I'll get the wording changed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: 3 stars is meant to be neutral and no points are associated with it.
I just tried it: I voted 3, OP lost 16 points.
Looks like this is a bug.
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In the reputation history. This was a three star vote for one of my answers to a Q&A question:
5 Jul 2013 2:11pm -2 Authority Answer Downvoted Answer 2 Arrange body of the email properly in c#
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You've found a bug, and for that I apologise.
Bug fixed and I'll release the updated code tomorrow.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
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Cool, that was really a quick fix! 
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It would be handy to have a way to reply to these - I just received an email from the article author about a comment I made on his article - which is "not available for viewing". As a result, none of the comments are visible, and I can't reply to his email. I can't contact him in any other way because all his messages are on the closed article.
It's not desperate, but it would be handy - instead of them thinking us rude or arrogant in not replying.
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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A closed article is a closed article, I'm afraid. Sometimes they are closed because they are inappropriate, sometimes for legal reasons (plagiarism) and so our policy is that if an article's closed, it's closed, and opening it up again even for comments go against the "closed means closed" idea.
However, we could still show the forum for an article without the article itself. That's a possibility.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Some suggestions
- Auto refresh
- Ability to mark as read directly from the popup
- Auto making post as read if it is navigated from else where (this one's a bit harder to implement)
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But... what about those who like to "collect" those notifications? 
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Then should be optional. (well, not sure what you meant)
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