Is there any way to record a vote of Zero?

Thanks,
gearhead
Muscle Cars

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quicksketch’s picture

quicksketch
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No, there is not. However, this is not unexpected behavior, as there is no way you can save a vote of 0 on Amazon, iTunes Store, NewEgg, etc.

gearhead’s picture

gearhead commented

So would it have to a -1 vote. i need a way to record a "non vote".

quicksketch’s picture

quicksketch
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Fivestar can't support this, as VotingAPI (the data storage mechanism) does not support this. I've never seen a five-star rating widget on the entire internet that presents a "non-vote". It's simply not the intended purpose of such a system. It's a personal posting of how that user feels about a piece of content.

stevenpatz’s picture

stevenpatz
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Have you seen http://www.kuro5hin.org/ or any Scoop based CMS? They allow 0 based ratings.

dawehner’s picture

dawehner
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Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

i think this cannot be fixed, especially by design

And if the user doesn not want to vote, he does not want to vote.