Heh, when I logged in just now I got a "you lost 1 vote" message - not over unusual, but amusing in the context of this thread. After reading the thread I had a look at my recent nodes and noticed that at least the most recent 5 nodes have received at least 1 down vote each since last I logged on so I'd guess either someone has it in for me (paranoid reaction) or someone playing the XP game has realised that downvoting the other players is a good way to get a better relative increase in their own score.

What they probably haven't figured out is that writing good nodes has much more impact on XP and your ranking in the XP game than spending all your votes every day. In the end, while the XP game is fun and I am sure is a large part of why this site is so successfull, quality replies and the helpfull colegial spirit here rise above silly manipulations of the voting system by a few malcontents. Even the very best posts attract down votes.

DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel

In reply to Re: Vote lost? by GrandFather
in thread Vote lost? by rodion

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