upvote
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of upvote
First recorded in 2005–10; up ( def. ) + vote ( def. )
Example Sentences
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On Moltbook, AI agents can post, comment and upvote posts, while human users read along but can’t post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
The digital tickets are a way Amazon employees offer feedback; employees can upvote tickets filed by colleagues and add their own comments.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Web 2.0 mode of interaction is clicking like or upvote; Web3’s mode of interaction is clicking buy and purchasing something.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2022
He can scour the earth in search of every last scrap of Zune memorabilia with the confidence that there will be an audience willing to upvote his efforts indefinitely.
From The Verge ● Jan. 20, 2021
Users can also upvote, downvote, or report each comments.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2019
Reddit’s upvotes are private even to the person who has created the post being upvoted.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2024
This year, more than 10,000 people upvoted a similar ticket, according to the employees who spoke with The Seattle Times.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Like Reddit, posts can be upvoted and downvoted, and a separate “hot” feed compiles the top post from the past 24 hours.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2021
Like much of Reddit’s ever-critical userbase, I am often perplexed at the kinds of things that are upvoted on /r/funny.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2019
The picture of DeVito with the cardboard cutout from McElhenney's Instagram account has been shared widely online - with one image upvoted over 130,000 times on Reddit.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2018
Mostly this involved people upvoting a post containing a photo of him and the word “idiot” on Reddit.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2018
Flipora’s content is surfaced algorithmically, and, like Quora, users can recommend that content to like-minded followers by upvoting it.
From Forbes ● Oct. 16, 2014
Indicate which of the following experiments are worthy of a purple evening by upvoting and downvoting the recipes below; the most popular will enter into Slate’s Martini Madness tournament.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2013
Let us know by upvoting and downvoting the recipes below; the most popular will enter into Slate’s Martini Madness tournament.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2013
Call for order in the court of public opinion by upvoting and downvoting the recipes below; the most popular will enter into Slate’s Martini Madness Tournament.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2013
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