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Ask PG: new downvote limit?

7 points by dzlobin 16y ago

I'm seeing some -5 on comments now, can you clue us in to what the new limits are and why?

anigbrowl 16y ago
...so in the spirit of sharing, I invite other readers to downvote one of these comments and upvote the other. Or hell, downvote me twice if it makes you feel good.
- apsurd 16y ago
  strange, it allowed me to vote you down to -5, so i voted your other comment to 8. I reload the page. You're at -4 again but the 8 remains 8.
  - anigbrowl 16y ago
    Oooh, free karma :-p edit: dammit dammit dammit
anigbrowl 16y ago
I noticed that too... (1 hour later) so has anyone managed to get the other message below 4? I can't vote on my own comment, obviously.
- deleted 16y ago
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- dzlobin 16y ago
  Now its strange, I can downvote some to -5, I didn't see any -5's to downvote further and some -4's are invisible. Do posts get wiped if they barrel to -4 fast enough?
  - anigbrowl 16y ago
    Although my comment below still shows as -4, I have lost maybe 10 karma points off my total since I posted it, without other comments being downvoted. Actually, I have got more upvotes for other comments since then, so while my total 'should' be about 5345 if -4 were the limit it's actually 5335.
pg 16y ago
I changed the way downvote limits are handled. It used to be that -4 was the lowest score a comment could get. Now it is just the lowest score that will be displayed. I made -4 the lower limit a long time ago because there used to sometimes be a very unpleasant atmos of piling on when someone said something unpopular and the score would go down to -10. But I noticed that some people were starting to take advantage of the fact that this meant you could make an asshole remark at the cost of at most 5 karma points. Now there is no limit to the cost. The reason you see -5 is that the code that changes the score is just Javascript that runs when you click on the up or down arrow. View source and you'll see.
- derwiki 16y ago
  If I downvote to -5 and then reload the page, it's back to 4 and I can downvote again. This doesn't actually cause another downvote does it?
  - pg 16y ago
    Are you sure the downarrow appears?
    - derwiki 16y ago
      Can't reproduce the behavior anymore/not sure if I accurately caught it the first time.
adrianwaj 16y ago
I like the idea of having total upvotes and total downvotes for a comment alongside the current net value. It will show what's controversial. Make things more transparent.

7 points by dzlobin 16y ago

I'm seeing some -5 on comments now, can you clue us in to what the new limits are and why?

...so in the spirit of sharing, I invite other readers to downvote one of these comments and upvote the other. Or hell, downvote me twice if it makes you feel good.

apsurd 16y ago
strange, it allowed me to vote you down to -5, so i voted your other comment to 8. I reload the page. You're at -4 again but the 8 remains 8.
- anigbrowl 16y ago
  Oooh, free karma :-p edit: dammit dammit dammit

anigbrowl 16y ago

I noticed that too... (1 hour later) so has anyone managed to get the other message below 4? I can't vote on my own comment, obviously.

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dzlobin 16y ago
Now its strange, I can downvote some to -5, I didn't see any -5's to downvote further and some -4's are invisible. Do posts get wiped if they barrel to -4 fast enough?
- anigbrowl 16y ago
  Although my comment below still shows as -4, I have lost maybe 10 karma points off my total since I posted it, without other comments being downvoted. Actually, I have got more upvotes for other comments since then, so while my total 'should' be about 5345 if -4 were the limit it's actually 5335.

pg 16y ago

I changed the way downvote limits are handled. It used to be that -4 was the lowest score a comment could get. Now it is just the lowest score that will be displayed. I made -4 the lower limit a long time ago because there used to sometimes be a very unpleasant atmos of piling on when someone said something unpopular and the score would go down to -10. But I noticed that some people were starting to take advantage of the fact that this meant you could make an asshole remark at the cost of at most 5 karma points. Now there is no limit to the cost. The reason you see -5 is that the code that changes the score is just Javascript that runs when you click on the up or down arrow. View source and you'll see.

derwiki 16y ago
If I downvote to -5 and then reload the page, it's back to 4 and I can downvote again. This doesn't actually cause another downvote does it?
- pg 16y ago
  Are you sure the downarrow appears?
  - derwiki 16y ago
    Can't reproduce the behavior anymore/not sure if I accurately caught it the first time.

adrianwaj 16y ago

I like the idea of having total upvotes and total downvotes for a comment alongside the current net value. It will show what's controversial. Make things more transparent.