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This is does not conform to the spirit of SO, answers are voted up on there merits with reference to how good answer they are to the question not who wrote the answer and whether they answered something else well. SO has the means for detecting this sort of voting pattern.

AnthonyWJones
– AnthonyWJones

2009-01-08 09:29:27 +00:00
Commented Jan 8, 2009 at 9:29
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Upvoting a good answer is entirely within the spirit of SO! I'm not saying blindly upvote everything, just select one question or answer you appreciate and upvote it.

Paul Dixon
– Paul Dixon

2009-01-08 10:21:28 +00:00
Commented Jan 8, 2009 at 10:21

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