Timeline for Is it OK to edit an answer just to rescind one's own old vote?
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| Apr 15, 2018 at 16:28 | comment | added | Valorum | Hmm. I think you're conflating two issues; 1) Someone who edits the very occasional old post in order to reposition their votes and 2) Someone who is systematically making trivial edits to dozens of posts in order to vandalise their account. 1) Would be broadly acceptable whereas 2) would probably not be. Certainly I (or any one of a couple of dozen regular users) would spot the front page suddenly being obliterated and flag for a site moderator to lock that individual's ability to edit until they could explain their unusual actions. | |
| Apr 15, 2018 at 16:26 | comment | added | Simpleton | @Valorum That's true, but only because I haven't upvoted that many posts. But, what if I were a passive low-rep user with too many votes, but less posts? Would it matter then? | |
| Apr 15, 2018 at 16:07 | comment | added | Valorum | Low-rep ragequitters aren't much of a problem either way. It's high-rep a$$holes who decide to systematically destroy their accounts who are the bigger threat to site stability. If you, for example, decided to rescind all of your upvotes it would hardly register as a blip on the radar. | |
| Apr 15, 2018 at 16:02 | comment | added | Simpleton | @Valorum But the lock-in period stops those without editing privileges atleast. And IF majority of ragequitters/vandals are users with low-rep(without editing privileges), then the lock-in period would be very useful | |
| Apr 15, 2018 at 15:57 | comment | added | Valorum | Note also that the highest voted response to the linked question was that this is simply unavoidable and that you shouldn't fret about it. | |
| Apr 15, 2018 at 15:56 | comment | added | Valorum | Except that the lock-in period doesn't stop them, it just makes it mildly more inconvenient. So mild, in fact that it's barely a barrier at all. | |
| Apr 15, 2018 at 14:00 | history | answered | Simpleton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |