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Voting, both in the sense of up or down voting a post, as well as voting to close/reopen or delete/undelete

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Is there any moderation for users who cast counter-productive votes?

This includes the voting system, which might be deterrent for some, but ultimately also very useful for others (including visitors). You're not the first to complain (does that sound too harsh?) … For questions, however, voting is often a little subjective, and therefore can often seem a bit "random", especially to the OP. …
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Something not right in the voting system

This definitely doesn't look like voting fraud though, so there is no point in investigating any further. …
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Reputation cost of downvoting

Jeff initially proposed this in May 2011: Should downvotes on questions be “free”? Since the community agreed, the proposal was implemented soon thereafter. The rationale behind it is that a questio …
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Change accidental vote

Votes can only be undone when the post is edited. If your vote really was accidental, you can resort to editing the post and then changing the vote. However, try and make the edits substantial — espe …
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If I lose the privilege of voting up, will the votes I already cast be removed?

The only exception, where votes "magically" disappear, is when you use your votes in a non-constructive way, e.g. by only voting for one user, or aggressively downvoting specific users. …
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The purpose of voting: Teaching users the basics

The main reasons for voting down a question are indicated on the button's hover text. … You say that voting is "not supposed to be used as a mechanism for flagging inappropriate questions", but this is exactly what it's supposed to be. …
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Is it unethical to ask someone you know to review your posts?

Note that the system regularly checks voting behavior. …
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Too many upvotes for poor quality answers

This is all so hypothetical. Let's make it clear: You can't tell people not to vote up something they see. You can't tell people what to vote for (i.e. the "usefulness", the "lack of context") Thu …
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Comment vote equilibrium: Ability to vote down

I think we must not forget that comments that are unconstructive (i.e. obsolete) offensive or plain spam can be flagged for moderator attention anyway. So I guess if you feel the need to downvote …
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