BuBBy
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It has been put off for long enough. I intend to maintain this topic as best I can with answers to questions that I get asked "Frequently" (whatever that might be).
Future questions can be sent via PM and if appropriate will be addressed in this topic.
1. Giveaway votes & Comment votes do not add up. Is it rigged? Answer.
2. What is "GOTD"? Answer.
BuBBy
offlineAdministrator
Commenting about the negative comments number. I just discovered that if I +ed someone, they would lose a plus (+), but if I -ed someone they would lose 2 pluses (+).
So maybe the thought of people being trigger happy is actually the GOTD online software running amuck!
So GOTD please fix the numbering system. I certainly don’t want to take away for a person that I wish to support. Therefore, until this problem is fixed I shall not + or - anyone at all!! :-(
The reason why you can vote + and see 5 +'s or even a - is simply because voting is going on all the time while the page is loaded (in the background) but the votes only update when you reload or vote. While a user might see +5 in the voting - because others are also voting - it might actually be +3 at the instant when you click to vote +. Instead of seeing +6 you see +4 which is actually the up to the second correct total. It is possible there could be dozens of votes every second while you are reading the page - which is why the "last loaded" vote seems to be incorrect when the page is reloaded or you place a vote.
I hope that explains the voting a little better.
BuBBy
offlineAdministrator
What is GOTD?
GOTD is the official abbreviation for Giveaway Of The Day.
Shouldn't there be an "A" in there too?
No. The correct word is "Giveaway". It is a single word. There are many interesting typos, like GOATD, GOTAD GAOTD, or GATD. But the correct abbreviation is GOTD. If you can't manage this, we generally get the idea of what you meant to say. With practice most people eventually get it correct. :)
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