Suggestion: Limit the number of downvotes you can do a day

Question

Can stop spam downvoting.

Comments

You've got a point. +1 (No pun intended.)

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whats the pun?

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You've got a *POINT*

Because upvoting gives you points

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Y is this flagged?

Answer 1

There is actually a limit, although it's quite high currently: 40 votes per hour, which includes upvotes and downvotes.

It's hard to find a balance though. For example if we said the limit should be 100 per day, that works out at only 4 per hour which is too low as most people would come on for less than an hour a day.

As PX said, the moderators can keep track of downvotes. Also since you lose 2 points for downvoting, it prevents people doing it too much (especially newer users because then they'd lose the privilege to downvote).

Comments

Can ya try mabye 7-10 per hour? I really dont knwo anyone who actualy does even 6 per hour tho

Answer 2

Moderators can now see who downvotes and flags posts. If someone is spam downvoting something, a moderator would be able to see it and then take actions accordingly. Limiting downvotes is entirely unnecessary.