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When you downvote, that can potentially trigger several distinct popups:

  • "you have x votes remaining today"
  • "questions need votes too" (if your last question-vote was a bit long ago)
  • "please leave a comment" (only when you are low-rep)

The problem is that "please leave a comment" suppresses the probably more important "you have x votes remaining today".
(Not sure whether "questions need votes too" has the same problem.)

Could those be merged or at least the votes-remaining warning prioritized?

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    I'm pretty sure this has already been asked here.. Can't find it though. Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 18:31
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    You're already warned when you fall below 6 remaining votes (up or down). At least from my experience, but I don't believe that's a privilege. Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 18:36
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    @πάνταῥεῖ that was also my thought but maybe you only get one message? Either the leave a comment OR the 6 votes remaining . It has been a while since I was that low on rep... Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 18:39
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    @rene I think that's the problem for many here - it's been a while since they had that low a rep! Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 18:40
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    True, but I'm to lazy to login with my sock-puppet ... Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 18:45
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    @rene: Oh, I see now how you got all this rep then. I'm going to alert SO moderators right away! :) Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 18:56
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    @rene -Yes, I've updated the question, the suggestion message overwrites the votes remaining message. "It shouldn't be that difficult to implement... Should it?" (Famous last words) Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 19:26
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    @user, obviously upvoting was not enough, so I tried to further clarify your question. I believe the downvotes it has accumulated were only the result of misunderstanding, please don't take them at face value. Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 19:48
  • @FrédéricHamidi Thanks for the edit. It's a lot clearer now. Last time I edited, it was this which I tried to say. I didn't know whether to mark it as a bug fix or a feature. Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 20:00
  • @user, I'm also split on that, so I left your [feature-request] tag. Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 20:08
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    @FrédéricHamidi: Did a complete rewrite. Commented Oct 4, 2015 at 21:26
  • Is the vote cap really rep based? I got this a lot because I vote frivolously. It keeps reminding you with each vote then you get below 6 votes remaining, so it should happen with every vote. Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 10:40
  • I think it is more important to teach a low rep user how to use the site properly than it is to give them a piece of information that usually isn't relevant. That said, there should be a mechanism to stack them so they get both pieces. Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 14:44
  • Personally, I don't think a rep of 800 is relatively "low" compared to the influx of new students. Compared to the old-timers it is, but I know how to use the site by now! Though I agree, stacking is the best option rather than one take precedence Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 14:45

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I've changed the code so that if multiple messages are generated by upvoting and downvoting, they will all be shown, in a <ul>. Additionally, the message box won't auto-dismiss in that case, to give you more time to read.

This will be deployed as of build 3746 on MSE/MSO, and build 2869 on other sites.

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  • Question: is there anywhere we can find the current version and build data of the public site? Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 16:00
  • @ArtOfCode Yep, look at the footer, where it currently says "rev 2015.10.6.3745". Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 16:01
  • Ah, never noticed that. Ta. Commented Oct 6, 2015 at 16:04

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