Upvotes
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Since always AFAIK. Otherwise spammers could just create a few accounts and upvote themselves to bypass the filters.
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@stephenw10 said in Upvotes:
Since always AFAIK. Otherwise spammers could just create a few accounts and upvote themselves to bypass the filters.
That's odd - my account shows I've upvoted >40 posts previously, and then found I no longer could. I now see I've been "promoted". Thanks all.
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Ok, I tried to give a thumbs up on an issue that I agreed with, but replies back with this error: "You need 5 reputation to upvote"...
So how does one earn a reputation to be allowed to upvote? Seems to defeat the purpose of the forum. I signed up a while ago so I can learn and also post to get responses. What is required to do that and/or agree with a post?- thanks.
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@jdstlnet you get reps for posting things others agree with or like.. Once you have 5 then you can upvote.. I am with Steve - I don't recall you ever being able to just upvote if don't have any of your own?
When they changed forum software, there use to be up and down.. I don't recall if any of those points were carried over, that was back a few years for sure.
But as Steve mentioned - if anyone could just out rep points, spammers would have a field day upvoting all their spammer buddies and duplicate accounts.
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@johnpoz Thanks!
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@DeLiver Can I please get 1 more upvote so I can reach the 5?
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@joshgreyz I tried to upvote, but still getting the message
This seems to really hamper feedback on the forums.
- jd
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If we set it lower or disable it then spammers just upvotes themselves from multiple accounts and bypass the filters. Chaos ensues!
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@stephenw10
Thanks... I have a few topics/questions to cover in a future post, so hopefully that will help with the rep score.- jd
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J johnpoz referenced this topic
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Hey, just posting here looking for 4 more upvotes to prevent my account from being stuck behind the spam filter in the future...
