What is the incentive to keep selective in your upvoting? Bots could be created that upvote every post.
What keeps people from simply upvoting every post?
9 years ago by bergy (58)
What keeps people from simply upvoting every post?
Authors get paid when people like you upvote their post.
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I'm still learning, but it's my understanding that you get rewarded for up voting "good" posts, ones that eventually make it to the front page/trending. Not sure if you are punished for spam voting, but it would make sense to have that type of check in place.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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I haven't come across such a check in my search for an answer yet.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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