Disable voting in the first week of membership? [modified]
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Seeing that bad votes always appear to come in in pairs/triples/quadruples, I can't sometimes help but think that downvoters are not only trolls but authors with some behavioral issues who just register under another name in order promote their own work. The above suggestions looks to me like a viable alternative - after all, after a week, the heat should have cooled off, the "latest best picks" is not a topic anymore and a higher number of votes (on both competitors' articles) should reduce the impact as well. This sounds to me like a very simple solution to a very annoying issue that should not bother new members too much - what do you think? As an alternative, I'd gladly accept an option not to appear in the latest best picks in the first place. Getting downvoted like it's happening right now somewhat sucks :)
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modified on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:36 AM
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Seeing that bad votes always appear to come in in pairs/triples/quadruples, I can't sometimes help but think that downvoters are not only trolls but authors with some behavioral issues who just register under another name in order promote their own work. The above suggestions looks to me like a viable alternative - after all, after a week, the heat should have cooled off, the "latest best picks" is not a topic anymore and a higher number of votes (on both competitors' articles) should reduce the impact as well. This sounds to me like a very simple solution to a very annoying issue that should not bother new members too much - what do you think? As an alternative, I'd gladly accept an option not to appear in the latest best picks in the first place. Getting downvoted like it's happening right now somewhat sucks :)
NetDrives - Open Source Network Share Management Awesomeness
modified on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:36 AM
That won't really help because what happens when they post their second article?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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That won't really help because what happens when they post their second article?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
They'll downvote once, which is less significant (other than 4-5 downvotes in a row). I think downvotes are a rather spontaneous thing and your typical downvoters won't have created a pool of accounts in advance by the time they write their next article. Well besides the pathological ones, maybe...
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