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Ok today I figured out that the new DaniWeb UI has major problems , I just up voted a comment leaving a comment that someone else down voted. What happened ? I will not tell … try it your self … haven't you ? .. WHY ? (no analysis ? why ?)

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happygeek commented: Why such an aggressive tone for a possible bug report? +0

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Short answer: DaniWeb treats votes as actions on posts, not on inline comments. A simple click of the thumbs is recorded as an anonymous vote (no visible “comment” is created). Leaving text in the vote/comment box attaches a non‑anonymous remark and can change reputation depending on your standing. (daniweb.com)

Quick checklist to diagnose a missing comment:

  • Confirm whether the interaction was a plain thumbs click or a thumbs+text entry (only the latter posts a visible vote-comment).
  • Refresh the thread and search the page for the username that made the comment; sometimes UI refresh is needed to render newly added vote-comments.
  • Check profile activity (posts/replies) to see whether the comment was recorded under the account. (daniweb.com)

Notes on why a comment might not appear (things to verify before assuming a bug): a vote-only action won’t create a visible comment; a posted comment could have been removed by the poster or moderation; or it was entered into the voting box but not submitted correctly. When a reputation effect is expected, remember that rep changes are tied to the vote/comment mechanics and to which forum category the post lives in (technical forums behave differently than Community Center). (daniweb.com)

Context for reporting a reproducible bug: include the exact thread URL, timestamps, device/OS/browser and version, the precise clicks/keystrokes used, and a screenshot or short screen recording. This follows the suggestion from about needed details and echoes ’s explanation of how the vote/comment mechanism behaves on DaniWeb. (daniweb.com)

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Member Avatar for Reverend Jim

You can't upvote or downvote a comment. You can only upvote or downvote a post. If you just click on the thumbs up or thumbs down then the vote is anonymous and does not affect the poster's reputation. If you add a comment then it is not anonymous and the poster's rep gets affected up or down by an amount based on your standing in the Daniweb community.

I've used this feature hundreds of times with no problems.

Member Avatar for happygeek

Sorry jkon, but for someone whose sig states 'rational thinking' I found that posting to be very hard to decipher. Can you try again please? What devices, is this still on mobile? What posting did this happen on? Were you trying to add/remove rep or up/downvote a post?

If you will not tell, as you say in your post, then why should anyone bother trying to answer?

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