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Dominic Burford wrote: noobs (the main offenders)
Given that most of this voting is anonymous, what evidence do you have to support that assertion?
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By those that leave comments against their votes.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Given that most of this voting is anonymous,
Not on articles - you can't down-vote without leaving a comment.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Those cycle rides of yours look totally awesome  . Even when I was quite fit I don't think I ever did more than about 60 miles in a single day.
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Thanks. I have three bikes and ride regularly, and go running too. My passion is for cycling though 
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I think there are two strands to this. The first is curbing spurious low votes, in which there may already be a mechanism in place for dealing with this. The second is a low vote where an unproductive comment has been added. A vote of 1 with the comment "meh" does not help either the author or the reader.
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Dominic Burford wrote: It's not so much the loss of rep points, but by voting an article with 1 they also force that article further down the search ranking, whereas in actual fact it may be a perfectly good article.
Hi, if you are completely sure that is the case (is it ?), then I agree with you, and I find your point of view a compelling argument for article/tip nugatory-downvote purging !
«The greater the social and cultural distances between people, the more magical the light can spring from their contact» Milan Kundera, "Testaments Trahis"
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Basically not a bad idea at all.
But Points alone do not really reflect the voter's Reputation.
Anyway I'm also very unhappy with a lot of downvotes, especially in "tips". This is not related to me, it is related to authors who try to give an Input...and will be decried.
Sorry for my bad english.
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Hi All,
My colleagues are trying to vote my article. But when ever they do, they said they are getting an error message as "someone else already vote from this IP".I am not sure what kinda IP configuration my office network admin uses. It may be a standard IP. So its not possible to vote from the same organization huh? Please reply me.
So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.
Sibeesh
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Sibeesh KV wrote: Please reply me
For what? Its by design. This was implemented to curb reputation hunting.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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Thanks a lot .But we are using different system for different workers. And i have around 20 friends in my office who have code project account. But still they are unable to vote for my article. I am not hunting for reputation. they just found my article and asked about this when they try to vote it.
So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.
Sibeesh
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The limit doesn't last for too long, so if your colleagues wish to vote, they should be able to do so over a period of time. This mechanism was put in place to deter people fro, creating dummy accounts and voting for their own article several times over.
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Yeah I can understand that . Thanks a lot I will say them to vote from their home if they wish
So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.
Sibeesh
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Sibeesh KV wrote: I will say them to vote from their home if they wish
That is a very good alternative.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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But most of them won't do that. All are lazy
So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.
Sibeesh
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Well... you already know that they like it. Your ego should have already got its feed  
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Hmmm  . I dont know whether they will spend time for voting when they are in home. that is what i meant .
So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.
Kindest Regards
Sibeesh Venu
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I understood what you meant.
I just made a joke.
Saying the same in serious mode:
You already know they like your article, so you should be proud of your work. Votes here are not going to give you a rise salary or things like that. If 10 people from other places vote your article here, then you know that there are at least 30 people liking it.
What you really know is what is worth.
My own article has very few votes, downloads or bookmarks if you compare with other contributions here. But I don't really care. As far as it just help one person, then it is already worth the efford.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Wow Great , that really made me impressed . Great words  Thank you .
So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.
Kindest Regards
Sibeesh Venu
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You are welcome
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Send them a reminder text, as well as a follow-up email. Also phone them up at night once a week. Maybe even send them a courtesy postcard. Repeat until they vote. 
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Ha ha , i wont do that buddy. Let them vote only if they wish
So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.
Kindest Regards
Sibeesh Venu
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Don't suggest him anything like you have mentioned here. He is taking each and every word seriously  . Look at the length of thread.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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