voted

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And yet their post is still getting voted into oblivion, even when nobody knows who votes for what.

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Quick take

That has been assigned or established by a vote.

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adjective

That has been assigned or established by a vote.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for voted.

adjective

That has been assigned or established by a vote.

Example sentences

And yet their post is still getting voted into oblivion, even when nobody knows who votes for what.

Unfortunately the fact that stories can't be voted down means that there's no penalty (at least as far as karma is concerned) for flooding the site with submissions.

If you're down-voted, it's only because you make an invasive requirement of people without explaining yourself.

Several of the voters mentioned that they only voted for him to enjoy the resulting drama.

If it gets voted to the front page it is because people want to see it...

These neighborhoods voted for Golden Dawn because they supported them (by violently removing the Paki-gangs).

You want the same people who voted for Palin and are saying yes to a Trump president in the polls to decide policy?

What I'm wondering is, this was voted to the top very quickly when it was submitted.

Maybe you thought it did, but as someone who agrees with your sentiment, I felt it didn't and down voted accordingly.

Surprised that you are getting down-voted for saying the right thing.

Don't be surprised if your comment about down-voting also gets down-voted.

I agree with you, but I still down voted your infomercial comment because I felt it was childish and added nothing of value.

Quote examples

But I agree with you that "If it gets voted to the front page it is because people want to see it..."

This is one of those "nobody I know voted for Bush" situations.

"Make submitting a story cost a few points of karma, so that submissions only result in a net gain in karma if the submissions get voted up." Interesting approach.

"More granular notifications" was either the #1 or #2 highest-voted issue in their feature requests for over three years, and they're only now getting to the point where they have a beta version of the feature.