While it does seem that way, it's simply not the case. Having read the code, it does not unfairly penilize you for voting one at a time. Try compiling actual statistics rather then going on what it feels like.

Does this appear to be your experience as well ?

I haven't really paid that much attention.

Doesn't this seem to penalize those of us who find an interesting thread to vote on...

Assuming it is the case¹, it still doesn't make a difference. In the long run, you'll still get about 25% regardless of the size of the chunks you get it (or don't get it) in.

Addendum: For example, say you get 8 votes per day and over four consecutive days, you vote on a total of 32 nodes. You do this twice. On the first four days, you vote on 8 nodes a time each day. Chances are that, on one day of the four, you'd recieve 8 xp and on the other days you'd recieve 0 xp. Total: 8 xp. On the next four days, you vote on 1 node at a time. Chances are you'll receive 2 xp each day. Total: 8 xp.

It might not work out that perfectly over 4 days, but in the long run it will.

1. But apparently it isn't the case anyway. Thanks, theorbtwo, for checking.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

What happens when you click a radio button and then decide you don't want to vote on that item? Well, you have to reload the page. Perhaps we should have three buttons and have the third (don't vote) be checked by default?

There is, we do and it is. Look in your home node options under 'null vote'.

flyingmoose, you can install a bookmarklet that allows you to unselect radio buttons (see 'allow no option'). Seems to be available for most browsers, and I know it works in Mozilla.

bassplayer

I asked that on Voting with radio buttons: bad html style?, but it's implemented, you have to turn on null votes in the options.