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Why don't you think your votes are counting? The rank algorithm for posts/comments doesn't have a straight correlation between the # of votes, and placement on
by JoeCortopassi 15y ago
Why don't you think your votes are counting? The rank algorithm for posts/comments doesn't have a straight correlation between the # of votes, and placement on the page like Stackoverflow.com or something. It takes how old the post/comment is, coupled with it's growth/momentum (i.e. how many replies/votes a comment has had in the near past), and finally the raw vote count. Couple this with the fact that you can't see how many upvotes other posts/comments have, and it's easy to see how your vote may seem to not count for anything.
Disclaimer: I don't know for sure how the algorithm works, this is just my guess from what I've seen.
- agotterer 15y agoBecause when I vote on something it's not instantly incremented (like everyone else I know) and if I return to something 30 minutes later, it still hasn't changed. It used to be in real time. It hasn't worked in 2-3 months, I figured it was caching or something. But it appears its not...
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- JoeCortopassi 15y agoPG turned off the visible vote count for everything but an individuals posts and comments a few months ago, so you can only see the vote count on stuff you've posted. Is that what you are talking about?
- tripzilch 15y agoWhy was the sibling comment here downvoted? Seems like a reasonable question, I was wondering the same thing?
- burgerbrain 15y agoIt's incorrect, you can see vote count for articles. I don't know why it was so viciously downvoted though.