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Ask PG: what happened to my voting?

6 points by ErrantX 17y ago

All my comment voting seems to have no effect any more - when I vote on comments the score changes and arrow disappears. But on refresh the score is back to the old value and the arrows are still disappeared. Like it is stored but not counted.. Is there some weird limit I triggered - or is there a bug here somewhere? I dont vote a whole lot but if it is a bug I wanted to make a note... Anyone else noticed this happen to them? (article voting works ok still).

yan 17y ago
This happens to me when my internet connection is spotty and the upvotes don't make it to HN.
- ErrantX 17y ago
  That's the wierd thing; I figured that was it as well at first. But I lose voting arrows on the comment even after a refresh. Which suggests it does get through. Crazy.
  - dsgraham 17y ago
    Mine was doing the same thing. it appears to have taken them, just after a long delay
    - ErrantX 17y ago
      ah! ok I hear you. Thanks. EDIT: that's nearly ten minutes now for my upvote of your comment and it still didnt register... perhaps this one isnt solved? How long were yours taking?
      - dabent 17y ago
        None of my upvotes work either, such as the ones I made in this discussion. All this time I thought it was just me. :-)
        ErrantX 17y ago
        If only I could upvote you :)
mbrubeck 17y ago
What browser are you using? Have you tried from a different one?
allenbrunson 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=871202 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=871202 ... so that's the specific answer. the general answer is: pg does a whole lot of tinkering behind the scenes that is not obvious.
- ErrantX 17y ago
  cheers, that thread syncs exactly with some "away from the internet" time I had - so sorry for missing it. Because I haven't been able to vote properly at all for about a week I was worried I'd triggered some random filter (well obviously I have in a way) that was going to last for life ;)