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33 questions linked to/from Why can't I change my vote if the post has been edited during the initial 5 minute grace period?
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Still cannot cancel my downvote, even though post has been edited [duplicate]
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Why can’t I change my vote if the post has been edited during the initial 5mn grace period ?
I downvoted this answer because the original revision was poorly formatted.
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Vote "locked in" despite edit [duplicate]
I downvoted this answer because I disagreed with part of the explanation. The OP edited the answer to remove the confusing language. When I attempted to remove my downvoted, I got a popup saying my ...
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When a user changes his answer within the 5 minute interval, your time to change a vote is not extended [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can’t I change my vote if the post has been edited during the initial 5mn grace period ?
I had down-voted somebody for a very short, unhelpful answer.
After about 5 ...
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I should be able to undo my downvote if it the post was changed during the grace period [duplicate]
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Why can't I change my vote if the post has been edited during the initial 5mn grace period?
I downvoted this post when it only said
You can fire a submit with the help ...
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Six simple tips to get Stack Overflow reputation fast
From "6 Simple Tips to Get Stackoverflow Reputation Fast" at codexon.com:
Be the First to Answer. Even at the cost of quality.
Use Downvotes and Comments Strategically
Use obnoxious in-...
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Recent feature changes to Stack Exchange
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Vote too old to be changed, unless post is edited
Anyone seen this one yet?
Vote too old to be changed, unless post is edited
My vote was only a few hours old. Then I realized the answer was wrong. Updated my question and went to remove the vote. ...
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What are the limits on how I can cast, change, and retract votes?
What limits are there on how I can vote?
How often can I vote? How do my votes become locked/unlocked?
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Undo an up/down vote after a comment is left
If I made a mistake downvoting or upvoting a post, there's no way for me to fix that unless asking the person to edit its answer.
Let's say I downvote something, then explain in a comment thinking ...
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If you just witnessed tactical downvoting, is it a reportable offense?
I don't want to be like the little kid that got beat up at school and runs home crying to mommy, but I just got tactically downvoted in a question. Someone else posted a virtually identical answer to ...
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Undoing an old vote cannot be recast because vote is too old
Undoing a Vote
There is a very brief window where you can undo a vote which allows you to take back a vote you accidently cast. After a brief time, it is "locked in" until the post is edited.
The ...
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Request change in behaviour: Vote too old to be changed, unless post is edited
I face the same problem raised in this question: Vote too old to be changed, unless post is edited “problem”. I upvoted an answer which I now think shouldn't be promoted as helpful. I'd like to ...
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Cannot retract downvote if post has been edited within first 5 minutes of posting
Please do not close this as a duplicate unless you can remove the “status-completed” tag from the original report (because it’s obviously not been completed).
Steps to reproduce:
Have someone post an ...
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What is the justification for locking votes?
Why am I not allowed to change my vote after some period of time? There are times when I go back to things I voted on, and decide they didn't deserve that specific vote. (I get wiser as I grow older)
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Isn't the "vote too old to be changed" a little too eager?
My vote was only seconds old, minutes at the most.
Didn't it occur to SO coders that sometimes, on a second read, you realize that the answer is actually wrong (perhaps when you read the right one a ...
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