Skip to main content
Ask Ubuntu

Return to Answer

added 349 characters in body
Source Link
Noah Domingues
Noah Domingues
  • 161
  • 5

I see what you mean - although the popup's use of the words "...to cast a vote" aren't necessarily wrong, as (like you mentioned) it doesn't specify which type of vote. I can only assume that when building StackExchange, the developers simply used the word "vote" (rather than "upvote" or "downvote") so that the code behind the popup could be reused for both upvote and downvote popups - if this was the case, it wouldn't be considered a bug (see Gartner's definition of "bug"). Therefore, I'm not sure it would be correct to refer to the prompt as "erronous".

Also, do keep in mind that when casting a downvote on an answer, 1 reputation will be deducted from your total reputation (to prevent malicous or mass-downvoting from users across SE websites, I presume). Voting down questions does not cost you any reputation, however. According to AskUbuntu Help:

Voting down answers is not something we want you to take lightly, so it is not free.

You can find more information about this topic (downvoting) here, on AskUbuntu help: https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down.

I see what you mean - although the popup's use of the words "...to cast a vote" aren't necessarily wrong, as (like you mentioned) it doesn't specify which type of vote. I can only assume that when building StackExchange, the developers simply used the word "vote" (rather than "upvote" or "downvote") so that the code behind the popup could be reused for both upvote and downvote popups - if this was the case, it wouldn't be considered a bug (see Gartner's definition of "bug"). Therefore, I'm not sure it would be correct to refer to the prompt as "erronous".

Also, do keep in mind that when casting a downvote, 1 reputation will be deducted from your total reputation (to prevent malicous or mass-downvoting from users across SE websites).

I see what you mean - although the popup's use of the words "...to cast a vote" aren't necessarily wrong, as (like you mentioned) it doesn't specify which type of vote. I can only assume that when building StackExchange, the developers simply used the word "vote" (rather than "upvote" or "downvote") so that the code behind the popup could be reused for both upvote and downvote popups - if this was the case, it wouldn't be considered a bug (see Gartner's definition of "bug"). Therefore, I'm not sure it would be correct to refer to the prompt as "erronous".

Also, do keep in mind that when casting a downvote on an answer, 1 reputation will be deducted from your total reputation (to prevent malicous or mass-downvoting from users across SE websites, I presume). Voting down questions does not cost you any reputation, however. According to AskUbuntu Help:

Voting down answers is not something we want you to take lightly, so it is not free.

You can find more information about this topic (downvoting) here, on AskUbuntu help: https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down.

Source Link
Noah Domingues
Noah Domingues
  • 161
  • 5

I see what you mean - although the popup's use of the words "...to cast a vote" aren't necessarily wrong, as (like you mentioned) it doesn't specify which type of vote. I can only assume that when building StackExchange, the developers simply used the word "vote" (rather than "upvote" or "downvote") so that the code behind the popup could be reused for both upvote and downvote popups - if this was the case, it wouldn't be considered a bug (see Gartner's definition of "bug"). Therefore, I'm not sure it would be correct to refer to the prompt as "erronous".

Also, do keep in mind that when casting a downvote, 1 reputation will be deducted from your total reputation (to prevent malicous or mass-downvoting from users across SE websites).