In order to constructively use surplus votes, I've been going back through older Meditations. The "older entries" links stop at 300. Is there a good reason for that? I was keen to continue necro-reacting past 2019.

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Re: Limit of 300 in "older entries"?
by erzuuli (Cannon) on Aug 13, 2024 at 17:19 UTC

    My only request is that your motivation not be primarily to use up your votes for the vote bonus, but rather to add value to the site by contributing to the 'score' of each post. So please be open to downvoting bad nodes you find. (But not too much; you don't want to stray into dog votes territory.) Thanks!

      I didn't know there was a vote bonus. I said I wanted to constructively use them, and upvoting good nodes, even older ones, is something I feel is constructive (and yes, I do sparingly downvote too).

      What is the reason for this arbitrary limit of 300?

        Cool. Thanks!

        What is the reason for this arbitrary limit of 300?

        I have no idea. For who can read the mind of vroom?

Re: Limit of 300 in "older entries"?
by cavac (Prior) on Aug 14, 2024 at 08:42 UTC

    I hardly ever use up my 30 daily votes. The one thing i make sure is that i upvote well asked questions (not just the good answers) in SoPW. Writing a well-designed request for assistance takes time and effort(*), and upvoting those encourages the requester to use just as much effort on the next questions.


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Re: Limit of 300 in "older entries"?
by LanX (Saint) on Aug 13, 2024 at 15:57 UTC