Hello all 
Is it possible to not allow users to vote on their own topics? If not, is it one of future features, something you plan to implement?
Thank you
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The discussion centers on whether users should be allowed to vote on their own topics. verilog15 initiates the thread, requesting that self-voting be disabled to align with platforms like StackOverflow and Quora, arguing that authors should not influence their own topic’s score verilog15. Stephen questions the necessity of this restriction, while JimPas argues that self-voting is fair and can serve as a useful tie-breaker, comparing it to politicians voting for themselves. codinghorror confirms that disabling self-voting is not currently planned. T_Disco suggests a UI change to grey out the button or adding a configuration setting, though they later acknowledge ToddZ’s point that self-voting allows staff to post suggestions purely to gauge community interest without personal bias. putty adds that for communities with unlimited votes, auto-voting would be a quality-of-life improvement to ensure authors don’t forget to support their own requests. Finally, putty shares a theme component that implements auto-self-voting for those seeking this functionality immediately.
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Can you possibly expand on the problem?
Or is it just a preference that users to be unable to vote on their own stuff? If all users have the option to vote on their own posts isn’t that equal and fair?
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If I opened a new topic, I don’t think I should have the option to vote up (or down if the feature will be implemented) my own topic. Only other users should have the option to vote my topic. It does make sense to allow user to vote his own topic. Also, that how it works on other forums like StackOverflow and Quora
Thank you for your reply 
I don’t see why you shouldn’t be able to for your own topic. By not voting for your own topic, doesn’t that seem like you’re not sure if it is good? Even politicians vote for themselves. 
If you have an even number of people vote on a topic (without you voting) and it comes out a tie, then your own vote would be the tie-breaker. JMHO.
Why should only other users be allowed to vote on your topic and be allowed to vote on their own, and you can’t? This sounds like you’re penalizing yourself because you are a Mod or Admin. Doesn’t sound fair to you.
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This is not currently planned, no.
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Feels a bit wrong that you can vote for your own topic? Maybe for your own topics the vote button should be unclickable and greyed out, with mouseover text saying something along the lines of ‘You can’t vote for your own topic.’?
Alternatively, add a setting:
Name: topic voting vote for own topic
Description: Allow users to vote on topics they’ve created?
When votes are a limited commodity it seems appropriate to let the topic author decide whether to spend one of their own votes on their own topic. A staff member might, for instance, post a feature suggestion that they don’t personally care about, just to gauge community interest.
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I hadn’t considered that use case. Thank you @ToddZ for enlightening me.
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But I wish there were an option for communities (such as mine) that don’t have limited votes. In our case, it would be a QoL improvement to have the author auto-vote. They took the time to submit the feature request and clearly want it themselves, but they often forget to vote.
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For anyone looking for this feature, check out the theme component I just published:
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