(Meta) Downvotes have been disabled site wide
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Posting for visibility because it's not getting much traction in Meta; downvotes register visually when you tap, but if you refresh the page they disappear. I posted this two days ago but, at that time, I thought it was just me and just a specific board. No comment from admin.
I'd appreciate if people tried on this comment; downvote and refresh. If the downvote stays, leave it. But if it disappears, upvote this comment (and the relevant child comment). That way we can get an idea as to how many people are affected (and if they're on mobile or PC).
I normally don't worry much about technical issues because it's usually a matter of something getting broken by an update and just needing to wait for it to be fixed. But, in this case, upvotes are not broken, suggesting someone intentionally disabled downvotes and I can't think of a non-sketchy reason for that.
It's throttled if you spam them, always has been. Try 4 or fewer at a time and see if they stick.
Edit: also check the user profile whether the post showing there still has it. Sometimes thread posts don't display the result despite it being in effect.
Nope, I can't downvote anything for two days now, on any board. Another user in c/meta also reported this problem so I figured something changed. I've never noticed this before now and I often downvote multiple posts at a time.
Mobile
Cool, til you have limited number of downvotes sitewide.
I'm using KIA2 win on PC and my downvotes are sticking after refresh on both your post and commment.
Mobile
Downvote survived the refresh.
PC