I remember creating an account to post a question, then when someone answered me, I could not upvote it nor accept it because I had no fame/reputation or whatever the name of their system is. I mean, I guess this avoids people creating dummy accounts to mess the votes, but I was very shocked that someone took their time to explain things to me and I couldn't do anything other than comment "thank you".
That's weird. Even unregistered accounts can accept (i.e. give the green tick) to an answer. There is a time limit of 15 minutes, but after that you can accept another user's answer.
Well, I remember getting answered pretty damn fast, and quickly went to my question to see the answer. Maybe I was stuck on that timebox! You mean that we have to wait 15 minutes after the person posted the answer?
Yes, that is definitely a fair reason. I just didn't know what was happening (probably didn't read something that I should have 😅). I just managed to log in again on my Stack Overflow account (took longer that I expected 😅) and successfully marked that as the solution! Thanks! 😁
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I remember creating an account to post a question, then when someone answered me, I could not upvote it nor accept it because I had no fame/reputation or whatever the name of their system is. I mean, I guess this avoids people creating dummy accounts to mess the votes, but I was very shocked that someone took their time to explain things to me and I couldn't do anything other than comment "thank you".
That's weird. Even unregistered accounts can accept (i.e. give the green tick) to an answer. There is a time limit of 15 minutes, but after that you can accept another user's answer.
Well, I remember getting answered pretty damn fast, and quickly went to my question to see the answer. Maybe I was stuck on that timebox! You mean that we have to wait 15 minutes after the person posted the answer?
The inability to upvote was kinda sad, though.
It's 15 minutes after you ask. There is a big problem with voting "fraud", so making voting a privilege is part of slowing that down.
Yes, that is definitely a fair reason. I just didn't know what was happening (probably didn't read something that I should have 😅). I just managed to log in again on my Stack Overflow account (took longer that I expected 😅) and successfully marked that as the solution! Thanks! 😁