| Q: | I voted, but the post still has the same score. Why? |
| A: | The Thottbot comment system makes extensive use of caching for speed. The vote is recorded, it just isn't displayed until the thread is refreshed. On active threads this is quite fast, but if nobody is posting, it can take as long as 30 minutes.
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| Q: | I voted, yet when I reload the page, it lets me vote again. Won't this lead to cheating? |
| A: | Duplicate votes are discarded on the back end.
While it appears that you can vote over and over, it doesn't actually do anything. Combine the lack of feedback on duplicate votes with the delay in scores being updated and you have a pleasant recipe for occupying trolls.
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| Q: | How is Score calculated? |
| A: | Score is currently Votes/sqrt(Views)*100.
Scoring is done this way because the threading system only displays the 50 best posts. Without adjusting score based on number of views, a new post without votes would never be seen. By incorporating the number of times that post has been seen, new posts have a reasonable chance at competing with old posts, making it more likely that the posts that are shown are the best posts possible.
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| Q: | Do I need to vote for my own posts? |
| A: | Nope. When you post, it will automatically record a vote for yourself. All Thottbot users are assumed to have high self esteem. |
| Q: | Why are some posts in yellow? |
| A: | Top scoring posts are highlighted in yellow to find them more easily. Roughly 10% get so chosen. |
| Q: | What happens if everyone votes against a post? |
| A: | When the sum of all votes is negative enough, a post changes into just a link that says "Below threshold". If it stays that way long enough, it will be deleted.
Posts like that need a hug.
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