Can you vote Stack Exchange answers up or down during Chol Hamoed?

Asked Mar 28 '13 at 21:25

Active Oct 04 '23 at 07:24

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Background

Stack Exchange websites, such as Mi Yodeya, include a "voting" feature. They let me click an "up arrow" icon to indicate that a post is useful, or a "down arrow" icon to indicate that it's not useful.

But voting requires a mouse click.

I suspect that clicking a mouse may be melacha. And so, like most types of melacha, I suspect that it is sometimes allowed, but sometimes forbidden, during Chol Hamoed.

My questions

Can you freely upvote and downvote Stack Exchange posts during Chol Hamoed? If so, why?

Disclaimer

Please ask your rabbi.

edited Oct 04 '23 at 07:24

asked Mar 28 '13 at 21:25

unforgettableidSupportsMonica

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Then how about typing altogether? – sam Mar 28 '13 at 22:18
@sam: Ariel K writes elsewhere that many consider typing to be melacha. But melacha is sometimes allowed on Chol Hamoed. – unforgettableidSupportsMonica Mar 28 '13 at 22:24
I am saying,the psak of clicking or typing should be in the same category. – sam Mar 28 '13 at 22:36
When is it not permitted according to the ones who permit it? – sam Mar 28 '13 at 23:03

Can you vote Stack Exchange answers up or down during Chol Hamoed?

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