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Written by Estesark the 28 Feb 08 at 16:55.
Category: Brainstorm.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: In development
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Description
It is likely that the situation will occur that you vote an idea up or down, only to then take part in the discussion and change your mind about it. After all, there is bound to be someone with more expertise with a different view on the subject that you hadn't considered. Currently, you cannot see, remove or reverse your vote. I think you should be able to, on the basis that it would give a more accurate and up-to-date representation of user opinion.
The counter-argument to this would be that it could cause an element of uncertainty, but I do not feel that avoiding this should come at the expense of being able to change your mind.
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Estesark wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 17:07
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Yes, unfortunately I only searched for the word "vote", which isn't included in that idea at all (oddly). I've marked this as a duplicate, although this idea goes into a lot more detail than the existing one.
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barsanuphe wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 19:48
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i voted up your idea, but i changed my mind and now i wish there was a way to undo that...
:)
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FastZ wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 04:28
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This is why you should read the comments first, then vote. :)
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prince_sabin wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 05:34
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Dang it...I voted up....now I can't vote this down
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heavyal wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 05:45
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Voting an idea up or down and then coming back and changing your mind is indicative of not being clear on the idea to begin with, in which case you probably should abstain from voting until you are familiar with the topic being presented. Or are you saying that when you come to a site such as this that you blindly go and mark each and every topic either up or down without first considering it's context?
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wolfier wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 07:14
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I believe people who change their mind make up maybe 5% of all those who vote (just a guess)
Unable to re-vote means you have to THINK before voting.
I vote this down.
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Estesark wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 01:59
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^ Done.
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gianBaldoni wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 18:38
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Being unable to re-vote means re-thinking doesn't help.
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bescritt wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 23:28
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I disagree. If you want to change your vote, then you evidently didn't understand the proposal before you voted on it. Changing your vote changes the score of the proposal by a delta of two; this is far too much influence for a person to have who didn't even take the time to understand the proposal before voting. I propose, rather, that you should have the ability to nullify your vote.
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rumli wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 14:35
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Changing your vote doesn't necessarily mean you misunderstood the idea. You could simply have mis-clicked. And even if you misunderstood the idea, you should be allowed to correct your opinion based on the better understanding you now have.
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mafitzpatrick wrote on the 23 Mar 08 at 22:59
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bescritt: What? The value of your vote is still 1 whether you vote up, then down or just vote down in the first place.
Original score: 100
Vote up: 101
Change mind, vote down: 99
Overall change: 1
Suggesting that the only reason people have for changing their minds is that they're a) lazy or b) stupid is pretty narrow minded. I guess you've never misunderstood or compromised in your life? I feel sorry for anyone you have ever had an argument with.. :)
Perhaps throw in an option to remove your vote without necessarily voting in the opposite direction... for those that realise they don't get it:
Vote up, vote +1
Change mind, click vote icon (or down), vote deregistered.
Click down, vote -1
Overall though how much affect does the odd wrong vote have?
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mafitzpatrick wrote on the 23 Mar 08 at 23:02
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Just an addition: to those that say re-voting means you didn't read the whole thread thinking about this - the discussion is *ongoing*. I might go to a thread, read the idea and think "Yes, that makes sense"...
...then I come back the next week, the discussion has moved on and highlighted some things I didn't realise (it happens)... I change my mind and want to reflect that.
Or are you saying you never come back to check progress after you've voted? Tsk. tsk. :)
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Manos wrote on the 25 Apr 08 at 17:01
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I agree with mafitzpatrick.
Imagine if America had the ability to undo their vote for President :)
Any scientist can tell you that knowledge is forever changing.
What if you voted up for an idea, but then days latter, a better solution showed up.
I would want to undo my old vote for the first one.
I think if you vote up or down, you should be able to null the vote.
The vote should stay null for a certain time period, like a week.
This gives the ability to vote the same way or reverse their vote.
This solves the problem of votes doing up and down like a roller coaster.
This allows for a person to rethink their vote for the set period of time.
If the person doesn't change his vote after the set period of time, then I believe his/her vote should be null.
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ebrahim wrote on the 11 May 08 at 17:34
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This is the obvious right of a contributor.
We need this!
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Manos wrote on the 19 May 08 at 04:17
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Confirmed
Wow, I can't believe that actually works.
I guess I have a little house cleaning....
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flammon wrote on the 8 Jun 08 at 18:05
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If we are going to do this, setting a limit of 1 vote change per idea per day should keep things under control.
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Anka wrote on the 26 Jun 08 at 23:02
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But +1 for making it more user-friendly.
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Endolith wrote on the 2 Aug 08 at 19:33
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If they don't update the site, someone could write a Greasemonkey script pretty easily using the 1 / -1 URLs.
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 nand (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 22 Aug 08 at 22:23
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Hey!
You can now test the changing of vote at the preview of the next version of Ubuntu Brainstorm:
http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/24
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