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In the past, members have come to us with suspicions over voting abuse because they have observed comments made by suspected users in a thread. There is a repeated negative history towards a company,...
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What I meant was, if you suspect that someone in particular is abusing the system, let a mod know, and we can check things out.
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Sorry, I don't see it. No one can even see one thumbs down if there more thumbs up. They could make a rule that no one is allowed to give a post the thumbs down. But wouldn't that make the thumbs up...
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Honestly,I don't go in the C&S, but if I did and I was a TDer... I wouldn't care if it wanted a reason or not. I would just put other or any option and just say that was my reason/opinion of why I...
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While it’s true that nothing (except admin) can stop the abusers who get their thrills thumbing down everything in sight, there are those who cast bogus TDs out of ignorance. People often TD concert...
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Here’s what you need to do to understand. Spend hours each day sifting through page after page of Google search results or your Facebook newsfeed for a few quality contests and sweepstakes. When you...
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It shows in the numbers.
No one is asking that they take away the thumbs down. There are a number of VALID reasons for thumbs down: repost, spam, self-promotion, poor sponsor reputation, incorrect...
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No, it doesn't. But it would give him pause for thought if there's no VALID reason to back up what he does. And if he's knowingly making up bogus reasons for his thumbs down, isn't that reason enough...
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That doesn't stop him from thumbing it down though.
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Members who routinely abuse voting privlidges will have those rights revoked if a pattern is established. If you suspect that someone is using the voting system in a way that suggests abuse, please...
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mods can see how users rated.
no pattern i can explain...just speculation. could be the contest sponsor, could be contest terms & conditions, could be requring fb/twitter, could be a poorly...
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If names are given, how likely is it that action would be taken by the mods?
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It would definitely get looked into. Action after that would be based on our judgement.
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Very good question, and one I'd also like to know the answer.
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seeing as how the votes are private, wouldn't that be hard to do? unless they post how they voted?
anyways, I would expect contests that require facebook, twitter, etc. to receive more down-votes...
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and like I said earlier, it's near impossible for us regular users who can't see who voted what unless they actually post saying how they voted, or can you give me some other examples as to how we...
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:iagree:
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Been there, done that. The worst offender has been reported but nothing is done because he doesn't target any one individual - he votes down nearly EVERYTHING equally. His last reported activity...
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Hot Deals has "Other" so even if we copied the system it wouldn't necessarily change anything. Furthermore, we don't enforce TD reasons, so even if someone tags it bad price and you disagree, we...
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makes it hard for users to report to mods other users who abuse the vote system as finzz2dlft said, but I guess that leaves it as a mod's job for the mods to do anyways
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There has long been a problem in the Contests & Sweepstakes forum with abuse of the thumbs-down feature. Perfectly good giveaways from reputable sponsors are routinely given a TD for no apparent...
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So, copy the format of Freebies. That forum doesn't have "other."
Seriously? You can't see how requiring the choice of a valid reason for a thumbs down would cut back on the number of bogus TDs?
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No, it won't.
If someone is going to give a bogus TD, why on earth would they care if it's tagged as generic TD or "unable to replicate" or "doesn't work" or such? They're TDing it because they...
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Why do you care if one person gives a thread a thumbs down? If it is a good post, it won't make any difference. There will be far more thumbs up.
Sorry, it is none of my business. I've just...
