upvote
/ˈʌpvəʊt
/verb [with object]
(In an online context) register approval of or agreement with (a post or poster) by means of a particular icon: I wish people would upvote comments they agree with instead of typing the exact same thing a hundred more times you’ve missed the point entirely, as have the people who upvoted you [no object]: users don’t have the ability to upvote, downvote, or leave comments...
- I wish I could upvote this post 1,000 times.
- Don't make coherent arguments backed up with facts, and make me upvote you.
- You're so over my head I can neither upvote nor downvote you.
noun
(In an online context) an instance of using a particular icon to register approval of or agreement with a post or poster: the image proved hugely popular on Reddit, receiving nearly 30,000 upvotes looking at the upvotes you received, it makes me wonder what happened to critical thinking in our society...
- You get an upvote to help stave off the incoming flurry of downvotes.
- Thanks for the additional information, I gave you an upvote for it.
- Here's an upvote to cancel that ridiculousness out.