Questions tagged [up-votes]
This tag is for questions specific to upvotes, the community's way of telling peers that their content was clear and helpful. Upvotes on the meta sites may have different meanings.
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What is the correct meaning/interpretation of the number of upvotes next to an answer on Stack Exchange?
I am not so naive to think that this wasn't asked/discussed, but I have not found a close enough fit to my question (yet). Also, I will appreciate any improvements to my question (also as per language)...
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Finding my upvotes on Data Explorer
This T-SQL finds all the questions I have answered on SO.
https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1779459/questions-i-have-answered
I want to determine if I upvoted the question or not (as ...
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Why do Stack Exchange users want to get upvoted? Are they rewarded for that? [duplicate]
Why do Stack Exchange users compete to get votes or points?
Just for the pleasure of doing it?
For public recognition?
To get job offers?
Do they receive money or gifts for it?
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"The BEST answers are voted up and rise to the top" or "The MOST POPULAR answers are voted up and rise to the top"?
The banner at the top of each Stack Exchange site says "The best answers are voted up and rise to the top". Would it be better to say "The most popular answers are voted up and rise to ...
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What makes people upvote a question? [duplicate]
Whenever I ask a question on any site (especially meta sites), its answers get more upvotes than itself (especially the accepted answer), even if the question is very poorly received, and sometimes ...
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How can I determine what date I upvoted a post on?
Is there a way to determine what exact date I upvoted a post on?
It would be very useful when hovering over a previously voted on post if I could see a little popup with the date I cast the vote.
Now ...
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Show upvoters to the upvotee
I understand why votes are anonymous, and don't believe anyone should see who downvoted a particular post.
But, at the same time, SO is a social media site, so not knowing who upvoted you dampens the ...
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Upvoting your own comments is possible in site-migrated posts [duplicate]
I know this might be a trifle, but I wanted to mention this in case this is unexpected behaviour. I recently got a question migrated from Server Fault to Super User. I didn't have a user created in ...
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Why was this upvote marked as `+50` in the profile page? [duplicate]
From this profile page (mirror 1, mirror 2) :
Why was this upvote marked as +50 in the profile page?
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Can I upvote multiple posts from the same person if they are helpful?
I posted a few questions on Stack Overflow. After getting answers, I felt like they were all right as they solved my problems. So, I accepted all of them.
From then, whenever I visit the website, I ...
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If multiple answers work for a question, should all be voted on?
Should someone vote for multiple answers if they work for the specific question?
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What happens to an upvote attempt by users without the upvote privilege? [duplicate]
When a user with less than 15 rep attempts to upvote a question, they get the following message.
Thanks for the feedback! You need at least 15 reputation to cast a vote, but your feedback has been ...
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Is this unexpected upvote reversal evidence of a bug or just serial upvote reversal?
Yesterday my reputation was reduced for an upvote reverse on this answer as witnessed by this summary:
Earlier, the upvote reversal showed in the question timeline and the points were deducted from ...
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Is there a way to handle incorrect, but highly upvoted answers? [duplicate]
Consider this question: How to download and save a file from Internet using Java?
It's a relatively simple question, but the most-upvoted answer (which is accepted) is also wrong. There's a number of ...
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Why do some upvote events increment reputation differently? [duplicate]
If you look at Martijn Pieters's reputation, profile, you'll notice that yesterday he earned 208 reputation. That's really confusing, because the rep cap is 200.
I see a few upvotes gave him 3 points,...
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