# Suggestion for amendment to 'You are not allowed to vote on...' warning

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-amendment-to-you-are-not-allowed-to-vote-on-warning/248177
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** post-voting
**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-amendment-to-you-are-not-allowed-to-vote-on-warning/248177 "2022-12-07T15:31:27Z")
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### Author: ![icaria36](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/icaria36/32/426431_2.png) [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-amendment-to-you-are-not-allowed-to-vote-on-warning/248177/1 "2022-12-07T15:31:27Z")

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I have started playing with this plugin. Very interesting!

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/d/4/dd49e2c2ed1522ae910f923c261810a12885ff9d.png)

I suggest this wording instead:

> You are not allowed to vote on your own posts.

- It’s not an error but an intended and very reasonable design decision.
- Most users won’t know or care about the distinction between post and comment, and simpler is better.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-amendment-to-you-are-not-allowed-to-vote-on-warning/248177/2 "2022-12-08T05:42:56Z")

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Yeah, it seems fine.

Either that or we split it off into 2 different errors, so the “or” mental gymnastics vanishes.

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### Author: ![icaria36](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/icaria36/32/426431_2.png) [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-amendment-to-you-are-not-allowed-to-vote-on-warning/248177/3 "2022-12-09T08:25:24Z")

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There a similar problem when clicking the number of votes in a post as an anonymous user. You get this error message:

> An error occurred: You need to be logged in to do that.

- Not an error but intended design.
- “to do that” is a vague description.

Actually, maybe the solution is not a dialog at all but a link to log in? This is what happens when clicking any other option (i.e. upvoting) and it makes total sense.