I already wrote a comment about this subject, but I think it's worthy of a Sift Talk post, because I understand that some people have been improperly using the *dupeof invocation.

The *dupeof invocations is only meant to transfer votes from a new video (the dupe) to the old video (the original). It is NOT meant to go the other way. That is, you're not allowed to go through someone's old discards or kills and transfer votes to your new, identical video.

I understand that *dupeof has already been improperly used. I'm going to assume it was due to a misunderstanding of how it is supposed to work. Anyway, I hope it never happens again, because that is not what is was meant for. We only want to reward the original submitter with what rightfully belongs to them, not copycats. The copycat is already copying someone else's idea by reposting someone else's discarded videos. Don't let them steal votes too.

To recap: *Discarded and *killed videos are fair game for resubmission by any member, provided they are not dupes of videos that have already been posted. HOWEVER, you are NOT automatically entitled to the votes from those discarded or killed videos too. You have too earn all your votes when you go rummaging through someone else's discard pile. The *dupeof invocations is ONLY allowed for rewarding the original submission with votes, and NOT any further submissions for the same video that come later on. Transferring votes should only go backwards in time, not forward.

Let's be careful with the *dupeof invocation, please. It's a great tool that everyone has been clamoring for almost since the beginning of VideoSift, so let's not screw it up now that we have it.