How do you report voting abuse on Askville?

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Choose the "report abuse" option To report voting abuse, you can click on the "report abuse" links in the question or answers. Here's an example of what it looks like: Then you would choose "voting abuse" from the drop down list and you get a whopping 200 characters to explain why you think voting abuse has occurred. Having said how to report it, though, I want to warn you not to expect too much.

First, it seems like Askville if far more likely to look at final scores of "weak" or "awful"...if you have an okay or good, don't get your hopes up for a rescore. Also, they're very backlogged on voting abuse reports (thanks mostly to a couple of cheaters about a month ago who caused rampant voting abuse problems). So don't expect a quick response.

Lastly, they only change final scores in very clear cut cases of voting abuse: where people are obviously cheating or where your score was much lower than someone who gave the exact same answer. In less clear-cut cases, they let the final scores stand. Take a look at the most recent blog entry where they detail their voting abuse response.

Having said all this, please, if you see voting abuse, I encourage you to report it. I just wanted to give you these warnings so you wouldn't expect an immediate response. Askville does occasionally overturn scores.

I've had 2 questions rescored due to voting abuse, so I can assure you that it does happen once in a while! Good luck! Sources: My experience, the Askville blog linked in text .

Voting abuse There are little "report abuse" tabs in various places here "Report Abuse "--near every answer and question, and in the discussion area. Just click on one of those and select voting abuse, or other, if you prefer to explain to them what the problem is in the little box there. You can always write to them at "submit feedback" at the bottom of the page, also, if you feel you have a problem with someone.

Make sure you understand how the voting procedure works. It’s possible, seeing as I don’t know the situation you are concerned about, that the abuse is just the way the system works. Sometimes it seems unfair, but when you find out how it all works you understand why it has to be that way.

There is some info on voting in the FAQ: askville.amazon.com/askville/faq.html#_T... If there is something specifically we can help you with on figuring out the situation, just ask! .

Just look to the Asker's question.... And on the right-hand side, click "Report Abuse". Then in the dropdown box above the Abuse Comment section, just be sure to select Voting Abuse. Comment if you like.

And then submit! Even if it wasn't the Askers fault this is where you go, and then the Wizards of Askville should be able to sort it all out appropriately. I know they get a lot of Voting Abuse Reports everyday, so it may take them a good chunk of time to review your report.So FYI, don't think they didn't get it or forgot about you.

Sorry you had a bad experience with Voting Abuse around here. It's hard to avoid in such a large community, but it's still a cryin' shame when it does happen. Hope everything gets straightened out nicely for you.

How to report voting abuse... Go to the question where the voting abuse happened. You will see a link that says "report abuse" just right of the question (below where is says "answer this question" or "post a comment"). Include a reason for why you are reporting abuse.

Say something like... "Other's gave the same answer and received an okay rating, I should not have received a weak rating". Be patient on receiving resolution of your report. Askville said in it's latest blog that it is behind on answering reports..

When you see it Click on the "Report Abuse" link. Generally, I'd click on the one associated with the question. Here's an example from: askville.amazon.com/askville/AnswerViewe... In this case, I was reporting abuse because the asker and his friend had a ring of abuse going back for a long time.

Now, I have reported abused here and there, and never got a response until this time. In this case, I opened up both of their profiles, pulled up their question/answer history, and reported abused on 1 month's worth of questions where one would ask a question, his friend would answer it, and then they would both rate the other answers (even if they were the exact same one) as weak/awful. It was enough to ensure his friend got the best answer (since 99% of the other people here will vote fairly).

I had a response that night, which leads me to believe they take occasional reports with a wait and see attitude...probably goes on a bulletin board of post-it notes in the Askville offices...'watch this person'. But in the case of such a sheer number of reports of abuse (I probably did 30-50 in about 10 minutes), it caught their attention. From what I've heard of the last big voting scandal, the response was a little slow.

I have no personal experience of this, just what I've heard 2nd and 3rd hand. This time around, they jumped all over it. What got these two for me was a case where it was a really easy question, and the guy's friend got best answer.

Another person who posted the exact same answer got "Weak". From there, it was a domino affect. 67alecto's Recommendations Abuse Used from: $0.85 .

I want to report your answer as an abuse. Thank you in advance! " "Is it me or does someone have an itchy "report abuse" finger lately?

" "Can you give examples of abuse on Askville?" "What does the link "Report Abuse" next to each Askville question refer to?

I want to report your answer as an abuse. Thank you in advance!

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