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upvoting

Upvoting is a user action on many online platforms that signals approval or perceived usefulness of a post, comment, answer, or link. The effect is twofold: it helps surface quality content and, on many sites, increases the item's visibility or ranking. Upvotes are often paired with downvotes to express disagreement, and some platforms also use a reputation or karma system that rewards the author when content is upvoted.

Different platforms implement upvotes in different ways. Reddit uses upvotes and downvotes to determine a post’s

Upvoting supports community moderation by elevating useful content and discouraging low-effort submissions. It can also be

Best practices include voting only on content you have read and evaluated, considering relevance, correctness, clarity,

score
and
its
position
in
feeds.
Stack
Exchange
uses
votes
to
adjust
user
reputation
and
to
measure
content
quality,
with
upvotes
on
questions
and
answers
influencing
the
contributor’s
standing.
Other
networks
may
simply
nudge
popular
items
higher
in
a
feed
without
changing
reputations.
biased
by
popularity,
social
networks,
or
coordinated
campaigns,
which
may
distort
outcomes.
Most
sites
prohibit
manipulation
and
encourage
voting
based
on
content
quality,
accuracy,
and
usefulness
rather
than
personal
preference
or
notoriety.
and
usefulness.
Be
aware
of
platform-specific
rules
about
voting,
including
how
votes
affect
the
author’s
reputation
and
the
visibility
of
submissions.