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Ask HN: Upvotes have seemingly new, limited effect or delay

7 points by eth0up 5y ago

I realized today that my upvotes on comments have either delayed or no effect, while my upvotes on submissions seem immediate, but with the odd inability to unvote without a long delay or no effect. To test this, I did the following: 1. COMMENTS: Upvoted several recent comments of different users through different threads. Refreshed their user profile in separate tab (multiple times) and observed no increase/decrease in karma. Same results when going back and forth refreshing same tab. Removing cache nor using a separate browser (not logged in) had any effect. 2. SUBMISSIONS: Using the same method as above, I upvoted several submissions in new (but older) status. Strangely, the submission would rise by one point, but after unvoting, would remain unaffected, but possibly retract with a significant delay. I can certainly imagine a purpose or reason for delays, but I'd never noticed previously. My effect (or ineffect) on comments does seem new. Is this behavior induced moderation voodoo, or standard?

mmastrac 5y ago
Are you submitting upvotes too quickly? The backend will sometimes ignore requests sent too quickly. Check your network tab to see what the server response is.
- eth0up 5y ago
  No more quickly than I often do. Because the upvote result for submissions is nearly instant but delayed for all else, I doubt a network issue. However, where is this Network Tab you mention? Note: I upvoted your comment (because it's an effort to help), but your karma did not budge. Edit: quite a few minutes later and my upvote remains ineffective. Edit: checked again and nothing's changed. I can no longer upvote comments.
  - mmastrac 5y ago
    Right-click page, inspect, find the network tab in the developer tools. It might give you a hint as to what's happening. When I upvote you, I see a network request that ends in "ok"
    - eth0up 5y ago
      I haven't figured out how to right-click in Goilem (android), which I use more often than I should. Sorry for the misunderstanding. What indicates that it's not a network issue is (among several things) that the upvote registers, at least, with a missing arrow -- but not an additional number/point to karma. Thanks for the suggestions.

7 points by eth0up 5y ago

mmastrac 5y ago

Are you submitting upvotes too quickly? The backend will sometimes ignore requests sent too quickly. Check your network tab to see what the server response is.

eth0up 5y ago
No more quickly than I often do. Because the upvote result for submissions is nearly instant but delayed for all else, I doubt a network issue. However, where is this Network Tab you mention? Note: I upvoted your comment (because it's an effort to help), but your karma did not budge. Edit: quite a few minutes later and my upvote remains ineffective. Edit: checked again and nothing's changed. I can no longer upvote comments.
- mmastrac 5y ago
  Right-click page, inspect, find the network tab in the developer tools. It might give you a hint as to what's happening. When I upvote you, I see a network request that ends in "ok"
  - eth0up 5y ago
    I haven't figured out how to right-click in Goilem (android), which I use more often than I should. Sorry for the misunderstanding. What indicates that it's not a network issue is (among several things) that the upvote registers, at least, with a missing arrow -- but not an additional number/point to karma. Thanks for the suggestions.