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Should be allowed to vote on answer to own question

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I wrote a question on a site I hadn't been to before, and got an answer. I tried to upvote the answer, but was shown:

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I only have 1 rep (should start at 0, but that's another matter), so I can understand why I wouldn't be allowed to vote all over the place. However, voting on an answer to a question I asked seems like it should always be allowed, or at least upvoting.

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Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 4 years ago

When we implement trust levels that will be explicitly allowed: even if you can't do anything else yet, you'll be able to vote and comment on stuff on your own questions. I'll see if adding that exception now, before trust levels, is straightforward.