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My upvote/downvote ratio is 1696/9, which makes it 188.9/1.

What does this say about you? Is this in line with your outlook on humanity/paleo/life?

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I ran out of upvotes for the day, or I would upvote you both! – Futureboy Nov 29 2011 at 18:53
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I did it for you, Futurboy. – Nance Nov 29 2011 at 19:04
how do you see the ratio - or get a count of up/down votes? – Dave S. Nov 29 2011 at 20:05
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Dave, go to your profile page and scroll down past the "Answers" section. – Paleo2.0 Nov 29 2011 at 20:14
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Sometimes I'm tempted to down-vote every post that doesn't bother to use capitalization or punctuation. But now that I can edit, I guess the kinder thing would be to fix them, but there just isn't enough time in the day for that, so I do neither. – Aaron B. Dec 2 2011 at 13:12
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"What does this say about you?"

Since there are many possible reasons for upvoting, downvoting, voting or not voting, the isolated statistic probably does not say much about you.

However, the mods will be looking closely at user profiles over the holidays in order to create "naughty" and "nice" lists.

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i think those of us with the most down votes should be on the naughty list. i would prefer something other than coal though please :) – sage_ Nov 29 2011 at 22:16
Hahaha nice...I like this idea. – Futureboy Nov 30 2011 at 3:07
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506 up, 4 down. I don't down-vote just because I disagree, but because I think a person's been mean or rude.

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did i get all four of them Nance :) – sage_ Nov 29 2011 at 19:14
Nope, nope, sage! :-)) – Nance Nov 29 2011 at 19:41
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now that I "know" you better, i would just have made a caustic comment and left it at that... :) – gydle Nov 29 2011 at 21:04
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I'm the same way, Nance. I only downvote if the answer is rude or potentially dangerous. – Kewpie Nov 29 2011 at 22:27
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@sage, you really don't qualify as rude--sorry if that disappoints you. :-)) For me to down-vote you have to be "kick a sick dog" mean. – Nance Nov 29 2011 at 22:29
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I've only downvoted a few times and only when I thought the advice was completely contrary to paleo/primal and/or potentially dangerous.

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Four words: W C C Paul

:) #paleo

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He's my upvote idol. – Futureboy Nov 30 2011 at 3:06
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WCC Paul upvotes per month: 96.2. Futureboy upvotes per month: 214. Who's the idol now? – Paul Nov 30 2011 at 5:34
#paleo....:)................ – none Dec 2 2011 at 3:25
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i have never down-voted anyone

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Very nice! That's commendable. – Futureboy Dec 1 2011 at 5:29
i don't think of it as being virtuous. its just that i don't believe i am enlightened enough to cast negativity on anothers' thoughts. thank you – sage_ Dec 1 2011 at 10:41
Apparently I haven't either. I thought I'd down-voted an obvious troll at least once, but maybe I flagged it instead. Oh well, something to look forward to. (I do think I'm enlightened enough to cast negativity on another's thoughts, but usually I just don't care enough.) – Aaron B. Dec 2 2011 at 13:09
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My one year old downvoted someone once. I felt bad about it, because I actually totally agreed with the answer in question, but it was too late to change my vote by the time I discovered it.

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You can always change your vote! Just click the upvote again and your vote will be gone. If you want to see a real-time demonstration, I'm rapidly vacillating between upvoting and not voting on your answer right now. – Kamal Nov 29 2011 at 23:27
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Wait, K, I think there's a time limit. – Paul Nov 29 2011 at 23:47
Yes, you can only change it within a certain timeframe. I didn't notice the downvote until after that timeframe had passed. – jess6 Nov 30 2011 at 1:10
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Ratio is 365:1
1823 up votes 5 down votes
Each down vote was someone being mean to another person. Now I just flag the post.

Great question.

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Nice ratio Eric! – Futureboy Nov 30 2011 at 3:06
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Thanks Futureboy! – Eric Nov 30 2011 at 3:43
I'm all for flagging...hate abusiveness. – Futureboy Dec 1 2011 at 5:28
Me too! Best Wishes – Eric Dec 1 2011 at 5:32
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we need more simon cowell's

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Mine's 69:1. I need more hate in me. Grrrrrrrr!

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Apparently I have some to spare. Happy to share. – Shari Bambino Dec 2 2011 at 4:13
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JAY ....the worst ratio on the site? 107 up, 187 down - There goes your Simon Cowell!

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