Title. Not really clear on this. Do we get a certain allotment per year or…?

Sorry, which votes exactly? Looks a bit unclear too here.

if you make a topic which is „site development“ there is left to the headline a button „vote“

Votes are just there for staff to have another measure of engagement. If a tool suggestion receives no votes or very few, it is highly unlikely staff is going to spend much time considering it. They are not used to make decisions regarding the tools though.

Oh that one. [image] anonymous549: Votes are just there for staff to have another measure of engagement. If a tool suggestion receives no votes or very few, it is highly unlikely staff is going to spend much time considering it. Yes, exactly that!

[image] Breeze7846: Do we get a certain allotment per year or…? No, your account has a total amount of votes which scales with trust level. I don’t know the exact details of votes for each trust level. Votes are, however, only counted until a suggestion is resolved, so if, say, you voted for …

I do kind of wish it was per year instead of based on resolution, as waiting on a tool suggestion can take a long time. Even if you are voting on already popular suggestions you could be out of votes for months, if not longer.

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jonah (Jonah Aragon) Closed February 3, 2026, 12:43am 8

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