accidental votes
I have this video posted:
http://www.videosift.com/video/13-seconds-on-the-sun
and Sylvester_Ink downvoted it, then apologized and said he meant to upvote it. No hard feelings sylvester. But that brings up the point, do we have any recourse for a misclick? I have never misclicked on this site, but it is obviously possible.
So please add a comment option to remove a vote through siftbot, like *unvote or something. Some criteria for abuse prevention, like only 3 a month or only revoking downvotes or only within 15 minutes, would be good. Thanks.
http://www.videosift.com/video/13-seconds-on-the-sun
and Sylvester_Ink downvoted it, then apologized and said he meant to upvote it. No hard feelings sylvester. But that brings up the point, do we have any recourse for a misclick? I have never misclicked on this site, but it is obviously possible.
So please add a comment option to remove a vote through siftbot, like *unvote or something. Some criteria for abuse prevention, like only 3 a month or only revoking downvotes or only within 15 minutes, would be good. Thanks.
11 Comments
rembarI think the digg method of a time-based voting scheme would be good, with a small 5-15 minute window. I think we discussed this previously?....
Anyways, upvoted to balance it out.
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
I like that idea. We could have an "unvote" link under the votebox for 15 minutes after the initial vote.
gorillamanThe 15 minute thing sounds like a great idea to me.
Sylvester_InkI wouldn't object. When I first came to the VS, I saw a couple of people mention accidental downvotes, and didn't think it would happen to me. Looks like it's easier to misclick than I thought . . .
HistNerdIs this really necessary? It's a good idea, but every time someone does a downvote and apologizes for it, some other person on the sift moves forward to rectify the wrong. Either way, *quality post.
siftbotGold Star member HistNerd has awarded farcrafter one published post for this quality Sift Talk contribution.
bl968Would also work for the issue with double votes for the same video, I did that once by accident...
langersyeah, I think thats a good idea
dotdudeUpvote for the unvote!
DeanoI have voted incorrectly a few times either due to carelessness or a dodgy mouse. I don't think it's an essential feature. Whoever has to code it would have to factor in the amount of times it will be used versus the effort involved in coding it. And if you were going to have a time period I would suggest far less than 15 minutes. If you screw up then you will want to undo that straight away, so give them a minute or two at most.
sbchapmI think this is a great idea, and I really am impressed with the *quality of my new raincoat!
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