I 'help' run our school network/webserver and would be furious if an user stopped other users from accessing areas of the internet due to their stupidity (e.g. spamming).

Does this mean that Josh is a university student? If so, they should be informed of his activities, which has resulted in the blacklisting of their IP address (they would not approve, I'm sure)....

So do we know who the serial downvoters are? Surely it's just a matter of searching the DB and checking the user id against the user table? Perhaps that's obvious.

Who is this Josh anyway? Could...

Yipee! Could you name and shame them as well?:icon_biggrin:

Sorry, trying not to laugh!

Ha ha. This dolt is persistent if nothing else. He/she's now (as I speak) systematically downvoting every single post I've made. 245 dv's at last count (compared with 30 yesterday). Seems like s/he's...

Huh, I thought it was "J" having a poke at me. I've been downvoted 40-odd times in a couple of hours - on forums where I offer solutions (or try to). So my rep has gone from 90-ish% to below 65%. As...

I thought it was just my setup. Did the same to me as well - real pain on my Blackberry. As mentioned, the 'remember me' sorts it.

I would expect mods/admins to be exempt from such impositions, as they are pillars of the community who would use their voting abilities appropriately. Non-mods/non-admins (who act as if they are...

Thank you HG. That was the crux of my original reply. However, I was accused of 'speaking for others'. This was not certainly not the case and I was a bit peeved that this was suggested by a mod of...

Verbal filth?? Irrelevant?? Judging by the down votes, I seem to have struck a nerve. Right to reply revoked and I promise to be a good little boy. Ho-hum. Over and out.

Get riled up easily much?

Not as a rule.
To clarify: I was agreeing with a previous post that the system doesn't seem to be working as it should due to its abuse by a number of people, including...

Who the hell shook your cage? I never claimed to know what other people were thinking. I stated my own opinion. I'm not moaning, just stating that if there is no real use for it, take it off. Simple....

I agree that it's getting to be a daft system. Some idiots using it to upset other people. If it's not worth moaning about - if it's not that important - if it's just eye candy - pull the plug.
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Just found this thread and have read each post (a bit sad, I know). The more I read, the more unbelievable I found it. How old are you guys? Grow up for #### sakes. Terminal victims and pitbull...

I am a little confused by comments by some contributors: they have little significance - don't pay too much attention to them. Hmm, what value to they have therefore?

It's just some fun. Posting...

Thirdithingy

Lazarus here!

Am having 2nd thoughts about this now. Seeming to work to an extent - better that I expected - on my second helping of humble pie.

However, I'm seeing a few negatives for the...

Sorry cscgal, saw the up/downs were grey and assumed they were disabled. Why are they greyed out?

Here, here KL, unfortunately can't give you a vote, coz I already gave a thumbs up to somebody else on here. Wish I could retract my vote and give it to you. Hmmm.

If it's just a number and that...

I agree with Ryshad. Somebody gave me -2 votes for expressing an opinion. What on earth does this mean? Does this mean that my opinion shouldn't count or that 2 people have bothered to disagree? Who...

Are we metavoting now?

I HATE the new voting system. The add to rep was ok as it was - no need to add this nonsense. Now you get horrible -1 in bold type and really gaudy updown buttons. This just...

Sorry to join a little belatedly. I think the new design sucks. Sorry Dani. The (very) old version was OK, but then the next version I though was really cool. Then everything went blank. No...