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Only able to UpVote on Toms, How to downvote

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October 1, 2014 12:26:44 PM

Can a user or moderator please tell my why I am unable to down vote but able to up vote? My email is registered and I have been a member for a while. I could not find this info anywhere. Please help!

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October 1, 2014 12:34:18 PM

Just copy and paste this (↓) into a reply. What does it matter anyway? If you don't like a comment, tell them why you don't like it instead of a meaningless down vote.
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October 1, 2014 12:38:56 PM

cub_fanatic said:
Just copy and paste this (↓) into a reply. What does it matter anyway? If you don't like a comment, tell them why you don't like it instead of a meaningless down vote.


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October 1, 2014 1:18:51 PM

No need to be rude, if somebody wants to make use of the voting system, well, that's what it's there for.

Back on topic, can you give me any more details on your situation? You said that you aren't able to downvote posts, but is the downvote arrow still there? If it is, when you click it, what happens? Any kind of page load, any errors messages, any sort of reaction at all? What browser and operating system are you using? How long as this been a problem for you? Any details you can provide will be helpful in allowing the dev team to isolate the problem and fix it.
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October 1, 2014 1:32:45 PM

Thanks for your help Titillating. Only the Upvote arrow is blue for me to click, the Downvote is greyed out. I click and a small yellow popup dialog with a red Circle I icon says "you do not have the required permission" I have always had this issue, though never tired to figure out why until today.
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October 1, 2014 1:39:00 PM

Hmm, that is most curious. You haven't been banned from voting, and it doesn't really make sense that you can upvote and not downvote. I'm going to add this to the list of bugs. Thing is, I generally send that list out to the dev team at the end of the month and the month has only just begun. If this is a particularly pressing matter, I can forward it to them ahead of time. It seems like a pretty minor inconvenience to me, but if downvoting is something you really want to make use of, I can understand that and I'll send it in right away.
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October 1, 2014 2:17:45 PM

Hmm, downvoting works just fine for me. Maybe it's tied to the mod flag.
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October 1, 2014 3:13:12 PM

I appreciate the help. This is not a pressing matter, just something I was curious about myself. Maybe you can add to your monthly bug list. I appreciate that.

The no down vote is disabled in every thread for me while up vote is still there, so it isn't linked to any specific thread or thread type.
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October 1, 2014 3:18:04 PM

Sorry...just testing and downvoted your earlier response.
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October 1, 2014 4:56:20 PM

We have implemented Facebook Positivity Technology 3.7™ on to Tom's servers in an attempt to make the forums a happier, more positive place. As such you can only like upvote peoples posts, but not dislike downvote them.

In all seriousness, no idea, sounds like a bug. You have nothing on your account which would limit your ability to vote
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