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  • L Luc Pattyn

    Hi, I don't know what was in that message that seems to have caused a lot of negative reactions. Well, I am assuming something was there that vexed some people, and that you removed it later on, if it just had "..." from the start, then I'm perplexed. FYI: when it says "Score: 2.26 (26 votes)" that really means 26 different members have voted in such a way that the average score is 2.26, it is not one person voting you down repetitively. It could for instance be 20 people voting 1, and 6 people voting 5, or any other combination (keep in mind that the votes get weighted by the "rep color" of the voters, so it isn't a simple average). :) PS: I was able to up your score a little...

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    saxenaabhi6
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    thanks luc what i said was this exactly : "yipee i voted first :cool:" Thats it

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      Someone is downvoting me 50-60 points everyday for the first message i posted in the poll... I am already 300+ points down because of that post :wtf: who so ever is doing that can you please come forward and explain what are your grudges against me. if i said 'i voted first' what's a big deal in that ?? :doh: -- Modified Wednesday, June 1, 2011 9:46 PM

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      Albert Holguin
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      that is a lot of downvotes... :omg:

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        saxenaabhi6 wrote:

        to calm down my angry fella

        Once a member votes, they can vote again but it will not count.


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        saxenaabhi6
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        I dont care about votes... I really dont like that some one don't like me

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          I dont care about votes... I really dont like that some one don't like me

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          _Damian S_
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          saxenaabhi6 wrote:

          I dont care about votes...
          I really dont like that some one don't like me

          Don't take it so personally... it means that they don't like what you posted, not necessarily that they don't like you!

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            saxenaabhi6 wrote:

            I dont care about votes...
            I really dont like that some one don't like me

            Don't take it so personally... it means that they don't like what you posted, not necessarily that they don't like you!

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            Albert Holguin
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            yep.. i downvote when appropriate (like a wrong answer), but rarely on something like that post...

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            • R RC_Sebastien_C

              That's probably asking too much of an anonymous downvoter! (I didn't vote on your post) I take this back, lots of people explained their vote. (I still didn't vote on your post)

              modified on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 10:01 PM

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              saxenaabhi6
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              I got more then 20 -16s and lots of -4s and -2s only one person (dan) came forward and openly said he didn't like the post. remaining no idea :confused:

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                Someone is downvoting me 50-60 points everyday for the first message i posted in the poll... I am already 300+ points down because of that post :wtf: who so ever is doing that can you please come forward and explain what are your grudges against me. if i said 'i voted first' what's a big deal in that ?? :doh: -- Modified Wednesday, June 1, 2011 9:46 PM

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                JimmyRopes
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                " I am already 300+ points down because of that post" If it will make you feel better think of it as -300 points up because of that post. In any case get a life and don't worry about some silly reputation on the internet.

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                • S saxenaabhi6

                  thanks luc what i said was this exactly : "yipee i voted first :cool:" Thats it

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                  Luc Pattyn
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                  That sure is harmless, but please keep in mind a number of people around here don't like text speak nor sloppy spelling. IMO not many would downvote for such reasons, unless it was a programming question showing a total lack of care to both content and style. I glanced at your recent message list and saw nothing extraordinary as far as scores go, except for the one here that is. I guess poll messages are visited by a huge number of people, much more so than anything else in the forums. So I can only suggest you move on; AFAICT it will be completely forgotten in a few days, activity here slows down as the week progresses, and there will be another poll next Monday. :beer:

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                  • L Luc Pattyn

                    That sure is harmless, but please keep in mind a number of people around here don't like text speak nor sloppy spelling. IMO not many would downvote for such reasons, unless it was a programming question showing a total lack of care to both content and style. I glanced at your recent message list and saw nothing extraordinary as far as scores go, except for the one here that is. I guess poll messages are visited by a huge number of people, much more so than anything else in the forums. So I can only suggest you move on; AFAICT it will be completely forgotten in a few days, activity here slows down as the week progresses, and there will be another poll next Monday. :beer:

                    Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

                    The quality and detail of your question reflects on the effectiveness of the help you are likely to get.
                    Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they improve readability.
                    CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3

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                    Albert Holguin
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                    that's true about the polls being visited by a lot more people than any other type of post

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                    • L Luc Pattyn

                      That sure is harmless, but please keep in mind a number of people around here don't like text speak nor sloppy spelling. IMO not many would downvote for such reasons, unless it was a programming question showing a total lack of care to both content and style. I glanced at your recent message list and saw nothing extraordinary as far as scores go, except for the one here that is. I guess poll messages are visited by a huge number of people, much more so than anything else in the forums. So I can only suggest you move on; AFAICT it will be completely forgotten in a few days, activity here slows down as the week progresses, and there will be another poll next Monday. :beer:

                      Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

                      The quality and detail of your question reflects on the effectiveness of the help you are likely to get.
                      Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they improve readability.
                      CP Vanity has been updated to V2.3

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                      saxenaabhi6
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                      thanks luc actually every time someone upvote me (like you did just now), The exact no. of -16 votes pops up in my reputation points to balance that upvote. If a person cannot vote multiple times, i really wonder how come exact no of different people come and downvote me every time. Anyways moving on as you said... ;) cheers!

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                        thanks luc actually every time someone upvote me (like you did just now), The exact no. of -16 votes pops up in my reputation points to balance that upvote. If a person cannot vote multiple times, i really wonder how come exact no of different people come and downvote me every time. Anyways moving on as you said... ;) cheers!

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                        Luc Pattyn
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                        As I said votes are weighted, so in a programming forum, when I upvote an answer, it gets 40 points as an answer upvote is worth 5 points, but with platinum Authority my weight would be 8 (4 for gold, 2 for silver, 1 for white/bronze). In the rep history page, it would show up as "Programming Forum Message Upvoted", 40, Authority. In the score, it would raise the floating-point number, and it would increment the vote count shown by 1 (not by the weight!). I don't know the exact details for messages in the poll; would be not 5 but somewhat less, maybe 2. And might be Debator color, or Participant color, I just don't know, not all the details are documented in the FAQ. If you suspect there is a bug in the rep system, you might take a screen shot of your rep history page, and e-mail that to Chris, he can be reached at chris(at)codeproject(dot)com. Make sure you add a reference to this thread, as well as to your message that started all this. :)

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                        Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they improve readability.
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                        • S saxenaabhi6

                          thanks luc actually every time someone upvote me (like you did just now), The exact no. of -16 votes pops up in my reputation points to balance that upvote. If a person cannot vote multiple times, i really wonder how come exact no of different people come and downvote me every time. Anyways moving on as you said... ;) cheers!

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                          Albert Holguin
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                          Here's a 5 :cool:

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                          • S saxenaabhi6

                            Someone is downvoting me 50-60 points everyday for the first message i posted in the poll... I am already 300+ points down because of that post :wtf: who so ever is doing that can you please come forward and explain what are your grudges against me. if i said 'i voted first' what's a big deal in that ?? :doh: -- Modified Wednesday, June 1, 2011 9:46 PM

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                            saxenaabhi6 wrote:

                            I am already 300+ points down

                            At least you have a life. :sigh:

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                            • S saxenaabhi6

                              Someone is downvoting me 50-60 points everyday for the first message i posted in the poll... I am already 300+ points down because of that post :wtf: who so ever is doing that can you please come forward and explain what are your grudges against me. if i said 'i voted first' what's a big deal in that ?? :doh: -- Modified Wednesday, June 1, 2011 9:46 PM

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                              CS2011
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                              Are you happy now ? I have upvoted evey single post of your's 5+. :)

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                                I got more then 20 -16s and lots of -4s and -2s only one person (dan) came forward and openly said he didn't like the post. remaining no idea :confused:

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                                Albert Holguin
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                                i just gave you a bunch of points, don't sweat the small stuff... keep contributing! :-D

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                                  Are you happy now ? I have upvoted evey single post of your's 5+. :)

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                                  Tarun K S
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                                  Countered. :thumbsup:

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                                  • S saxenaabhi6

                                    Someone is downvoting me 50-60 points everyday for the first message i posted in the poll... I am already 300+ points down because of that post :wtf: who so ever is doing that can you please come forward and explain what are your grudges against me. if i said 'i voted first' what's a big deal in that ?? :doh: -- Modified Wednesday, June 1, 2011 9:46 PM

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                                    R Giskard Reventlov
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                                    Keep your head down and your mouth shut when this happens: bleating on about it will only bring more down voting and people do it because they can so man-up, shut up and move on.

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                                      Keep your head down and your mouth shut when this happens: bleating on about it will only bring more down voting and people do it because they can so man-up, shut up and move on.

                                      "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                                      NormDroid
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                                      To make matters worse he's from Australia and seems mature enough on how 'to play the game'.

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                                      • A Albert Holguin

                                        i just gave you a bunch of points, don't sweat the small stuff... keep contributing! :-D

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                                        Rob Grainger
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                                        Is shouting "first" really contributing anything? Lots of message boards get overrun with this, OK its a minor annoyance, but if I ever did that here I'd strongly expect to get downvoted. Some individuals seem to regard this as some kind of competitive sport. Some other people get a kick out of posting the millionth message to a board. Not naming names ;-) (ps. I wasn't one of the downvoters - I don't go in for doing such things anonymously personally).

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                                        • S saxenaabhi6

                                          thanks luc actually every time someone upvote me (like you did just now), The exact no. of -16 votes pops up in my reputation points to balance that upvote. If a person cannot vote multiple times, i really wonder how come exact no of different people come and downvote me every time. Anyways moving on as you said... ;) cheers!

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                                          -16 is the amount of rep points you lose if a platinum memeber downvotes you once.

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