Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#1

Post by ressaid1 » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 11:13 AM UTC

I've read about dead users on HN that but I thought being dead also meant you cant post comments at all. It seems like I can post comments, its just my upvotes dont count. Did I do something wrong or do I just not understand the system?

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#2

Post by sambeau » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 11:23 AM UTC

We can test your theory here if you like.

Upvote this comment and I'll tell you if it counted.

If you leave a comment I'll upvote it so you can see if you get upvotes.

I'd be surprised if either of these didn't just work.

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#3

Post by jaachan » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 11:23 AM UTC

Do you refresh the page after upvoting?

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#4

Post by sambeau » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 11:25 AM UTC

sambeau wrote: post #2

We can test your theory here if you like. Upvote this comment and I'll tell you if it counted. If you leave a comment I'll upvote it so you can see if you get upvotes. I'd be surprised if either of these didn't just work.

I've turned showdead off and I can still see you so I don't think you're banned, either.

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#5

Post by spindritf » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 11:56 AM UTC

I lost flagging privileges, it's not binary. You can lose some ability without getting (shadow)banned.

How do you know your upvotes don't count? Who knows, maybe there's a karma threshold for that too now.

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#6

Post by nodata » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 11:57 AM UTC

I can't see any comments on this thread from ressaid1 at the time of this comment.

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#7

Post by petercooper » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 12:01 PM UTC

Your comments page - https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=ressaid1 - shows no comments posted in the past 39 days. If you were 'dead' I'd see them but as dead so it seems something unusual is going on here if you have posted a comment in the past 39 days.

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#8

Post by verroq » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 12:02 PM UTC

sambeau wrote: post #2

We can test your theory here if you like. Upvote this comment and I'll tell you if it counted. If you leave a comment I'll upvote it so you can see if you get upvotes. I'd be surprised if either of these didn't just work.

I tossed a coin and upvoted/downvoted you and your children depending on the toss.

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#9

Post by himanshuy » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 12:04 PM UTC

Happened with me too. Thanks for asking this.

Re: Ask HN: Why dont my upvotes work?

#10

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 15, 2013, 12:04 PM UTC

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