Timeline for Doesn't limiting voting points to 200 potentially discourage activity?
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| Sep 13, 2011 at 14:24 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | @mas Questions such as the one i referred to, or more recently the spicy media files question, are only very hot for a relatively short period of time, with most votes coming in about three days or so. | |
| Sep 13, 2011 at 14:18 | comment | added | mas | Though I fully support the comment by @Daniel the rep cap is only per day so does not prevent that happening over time. If that was the aim of the rep cap it would be better applied per question (e.g. only the first 20 upvotes on any one question count to a user's rep. | |
| Jun 25, 2011 at 14:40 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | Imagine a user getting editing privileges and the ability to close vote on the site from a one-sentence answer about floppy disks alone. | |
| Jun 23, 2011 at 4:55 | comment | added | Randolf Richardson | Just in case anyone's wondering what @Mark Szymanski meant by "sock puppet," a definition that I wrote can be found here with a picture: lumbercartel.ca/glossary/sockpuppet.pl | |
| Jun 23, 2011 at 4:14 | comment | added | Sathyajith Bhat Mod | excellent point, @DarthAndroid | |
| Jun 21, 2011 at 17:10 | comment | added | Darth Android | The rate-limited rep also makes total rep a more valuable indicator of not just dedication to the community, but persistent dedication to the community | |
| Jun 21, 2011 at 17:06 | comment | added | Sathyajith Bhat Mod | @KCotreau - let's say there's a really popular question & answer that gets tons of upvotes. Now if it wasn't for the vote limit - the single question can give an unfair advantage. The vote limit ensures a fair cap is imposed so that everyone has a chance to earn rep. | |
| Jun 21, 2011 at 17:04 | comment | added | KCotreau | @Mark Szymanski That makes sense, but my thought would be to warn them, and delete them. | |
| Jun 21, 2011 at 17:02 | comment | added | Wuffers | @KCotreau: I think the limit is there to keep people from using sock puppets to upvote themselves like crazy. | |
| Jun 21, 2011 at 17:01 | comment | added | KCotreau | I understand it is only for upvotes, but that is generally how most people get the majority of their points. Why would you even remotely possibly discourage usage? Why is there ANY limit? | |
| Jun 21, 2011 at 16:51 | history | answered | Sathyajith BhatMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |