An old Favorite gaming the system...
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Juts came across this[^]. Is it right that a member can up vote their own article?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Juts came across this[^]. Is it right that a member can up vote their own article?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Seems so, I just tried it on my own article and now my reputation history says I received 10 points for an up vote. Doesn't seem right though, why would anyone post an article they themselves didn't believe was worth a 5?
My number one dev tool? Google
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Juts came across this[^]. Is it right that a member can up vote their own article?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Is it right that a member can up vote their own article?
Of course it is, otherwise how would they stand a chance of getting noticed on the front page? ;)
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Seems so, I just tried it on my own article and now my reputation history says I received 10 points for an up vote. Doesn't seem right though, why would anyone post an article they themselves didn't believe was worth a 5?
My number one dev tool? Google
Simon Bang Terkildsen wrote:
why would anyone post an article they themselves didn't believe was worth a 5?
Some people will believe anything.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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Juts came across this[^]. Is it right that a member can up vote their own article?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Is it right that a member can up vote their own article?
Personally, I never vote on my articles. But I will not call it gaming the system. Top authors like Sacha and Marc have done it in the past.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Juts came across this[^]. Is it right that a member can up vote their own article?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
We could ban the practice, but we'd simply get sock puppets. I don't see a single vote hurts. If you feel it's inappropriate then you click "vote to remove the message" then the message, and its vote, will be removed.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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We could ban the practice, but we'd simply get sock puppets. I don't see a single vote hurts. If you feel it's inappropriate then you click "vote to remove the message" then the message, and its vote, will be removed.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
I don't see a single vote hurts.
You could check if
vote-id == author-idand while you approve the vote, you could give 0 rep points (instead of 10,20,40,80).Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I don't see a single vote hurts.
You could check if
vote-id == author-idand while you approve the vote, you could give 0 rep points (instead of 10,20,40,80).Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Yes, we could. ;)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Yes, we could. ;)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Yes, we could.
;)Well, would you then? :) p.s. For a comparison, MSDN forums does this already. While mods can mark their own post as answer, it will not give them medal points. (they've got a medal system).
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Yes, we could.
;)Well, would you then? :) p.s. For a comparison, MSDN forums does this already. While mods can mark their own post as answer, it will not give them medal points. (they've got a medal system).
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
they've got a medal system
And we've got a rep-whore and MVP system :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett