# Requests for Votes Thread

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/requests-for-votes-thread/21591>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz\
**Tags:** en, voting, auto-editor, editing\
**Created:** [April 10, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/requests-for-votes-thread/21591 "2016-04-10T01:43:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/chaban/32/111349_2.png) [@chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chaban)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/requests-for-votes-thread/21591/1216 "2023-03-25T10:36:15Z")

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> [@jesus2099](#):
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> We could block votes but not notes.

That was the original idea of [MBS-10614](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-10614). Allow notes by beginners on any edit, not only their own. Allowing them to immediately vote wasn’t the idea.  
It should’ve been expected if every new account can vote it would be abused sooner rather than later.

(Remember when it was possible to [rate and tag without an email](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-10671)? It was abused a [thousand](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9252ca18-015c-484c-ae59-5670784887d3/tags) times)

> [@jesus2099](#):
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> detect bunch of beginner accounts created by same IP address that all vote yes on same editor…

That probably won’t work except on technologically illiterate. Or it’s obvious for other reasons.

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I’m wondering, how many genuine beginner voters there are compared to sockpuppets? Since it’s [still not possible](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-10609) to search specifically for [beginner votes](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-12956) or [notes](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-10610) it’s a bit hard to tell.

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