Anyone else notice that the rec feature adds more than one vote when you use it?

[dixiegrrrrl]

Been seeing this for the last 2 weeks. This am, I clicked on one thread that had 6 votes, my one click turned it to 24 votes, another thread one click added 7 votes instead of one, etc. But no addtions to the coments lines, so I don't think it is because 6 other people or 23 other people clicked at exactly the same time.
sometimes only one vote is added, as is normal, other times many are added.
Time of day does not seem to matter.

Dunno..is it just me?

[NJmaverick]

1. You have the power

use it wisely.:P :hi:

[MNDemNY]

2. Maybe some one else hit Rec. while you read the post???

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. I kinda ruled that out,as I said,

because the number jumps so high, so what are the odds of 8 people hitting rec at the same time.
One click changed a rec from 9 to 24. In a nono second.
And btw...just a minute ago, I hit "unrec" on a thread that had 103 recs, and the number changed to
105 recs. As you know, the numbers change instantly.
Seems weird to me, but from the replies I am getting, it is just me that is seeing it, so.....EOM.

[havocmom]

15. Yeah, you're prolly right. Afterall, you are the only person in the universe

:eyes:

[ecstatic]

23. LOL!! nt

[JTFrog]

3. No. n/t

[FSogol]

4. Don't hit the Double-Recommend button.

;-)

[blondeatlast]

22. Damn, it's right there by Unrec and I keep hitting the wrong one!

I know DU is doing this on purpose; I just know it!

[WeDidIt]

5. Rec and Unrec don't work at all for me

All I get is an error when I click.

[TexasObserver]

7. Do you have any idea why that would be so?

[WeDidIt]

20. None, I let a mod know

but nobody seems to have a clue.

[TexasObserver]

21. Have you tried dumping your cookies and signing back in?

Sometimes a glitch can be fixed with that. I have no idea why.

[WeDidIt]

39. Yeah

Doesn't matter what computer I log in from, too.

[greguganus]

28. I get the same 'error' message, but I'm pretty sure I lost my rec feature for abuse. n/t

[question everything]

44. Is it for posts that are more than 24 hours old?

This is the kind of error that I sometimes get, even if the thread is on top with many additions, the OP has been more than 24 hours.

[TexasObserver]

6. You're seeing the vote change because others are voting, too.

The vote you see is as old as the last moment preceding your arriving at GD. So while you think the vote you see is the instant before you vote, it's not. It relates back to the moment you logged into GD, unless you refresh the GD page after reading each thread.

[Turbineguy]

8. It's a commie plot.

I'm looking under the bed right now.

[NoPasaran]

10. Recs are being tabulated by Diebold. Nothing to see here. Move along.

:tinfoilhat:

[Sinistrous]

11. How long a span was there between the time you

opened the thread and the time you hit the rec button? There is a possibility that you were not the only du'er reading and recommending that message at that time.

Try relosding/refreshing the page before you hit recommend and see if the jumps in the rec count don't calm down a bit.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Ty for taking my question seriously. I will take your suggestion seriously.

One of those niggling things, was all.
Mysteries drive me nuts.

[EFerrari]

12. I've seen something like that but never by so many votes

and thought it was just other people rec'ing when I did.

[conscious evolution]

13. Hit refresh

and you can also see the totals jump.
Its due to others hitting rec between refreshies of the page.

[pipi_k]

14. I've noticed the same thing ever since I've been able to rec

not just in the past few weeks, and I always just thought it was that other people were hitting the rec button the same time I was. I mean, people don't necessarily have to post in order to rec, do they?

Along the same lines, I'll notice that a thread has "X" number of replies and by the time I write out even a title line and post it with no text, there are five, six, ten...more replies as well as my own.

The same thing happens on other discussion boards I post on as well, so I don't think there's a big plot afoot here.... ;)

[ashling]

16. I think it calculate the recs that have been added

this is not widely known, but there are tens of users here at DU LOL

Often I will find a thread that has just been posted, and, feeling that mine is the only reply, only to hit post and suddenly there were 10 posts before mine .... usually saying the same thing that I did.

[Canuckistanian]

17. You're holding the mouse button down too long

I was wondering where all those recs were coming from. Please stop it.

[City Lights]

18. Haven't noticed that.

:shrug:

[ecstatic]

24. I wonder if that holds true for unrec

Let's see

[Matt_in_STL]

25. I expect this thread to get 200 recs

As everyone tests to see if they add multiple recs when they recommend. A very slick way to get recs....very slick indeed.

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. Damn...found me out.

}(

[question everything]

45. Just changed the "Less than 0" to 0.

[Romulox]

26. Lurkers rec/unrec without commenting all the time.

"But no addtions to the coments lines, so I don't think it is because 6 other people or 23 other people clicked at exactly the same time."

2 people clicking at around the same time is more likely.

[slackmaster]

27. You are incorrectly attributing increases over and above one unit to something you are doing

It's just a coincidence. Hundreds or thousands of other people are reading the OP at the same time you are, and some of them are hitting the Rec button at almost the same time.

K&U

:kick:

[greguganus]

29. If 100's of 1000's were viewing the op, wouldn't the 'View' column show more than 300 views? n/t

[slackmaster]

30. 300 qualifies as "hundreds"

HTH

[greguganus]

31. Sorry! My eyes read your post wrong. I need new glasses! n/t

[robinlynne]

35. view column? you're kidding.

[merh]

32. you only got one rec from me

Sometimes I will be recommending and someone will be recommending so it shows 2 recs.

Or, as I am reading the thread, someone has recommended and when I go back to OP to recommend, the screen is refreshed and shows my vote and the one that came in while I was reading.

[lumberjack_jeff]

33. While you are reading, someone else is clicking "recommend".

In my experience, there's an inverse relationship between recomends and comments. If lots of people comment on a thread, it's because it's controversial.

[BlooInBloo]

34. (facepalm)

[demoleft]

36. i'll try to rec you now. let's see what happens. ;) n/t

[woo me with science]

37. Only if you are a Republican. nt

[timeforpeace]

38. These come-pewt-ores take some time to get used to, but I think they're going to catch on.

[Liberal In Texas]

40. I have a secret "Unrecommend" button on my keyboard that unrecs 10 times a click.

:evilgrin:

[winyanstaz]

41. I hit the recommend button once when it was at 0

and it didnt change.

[dixiegrrrrl]

43. I hit the O at the ballot box, and I am still waiting for some things to change.

[donheld]

46. That just means someone else has recommended it besides you

since you opened the thread.