Only votes received a certain number of days after posting are counted.
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-- Timeless classics (Posts receiving votes despite being old.) -- Only votes received a certain number of days after posting are counted. select top 1000 posts.id as [Post Link], sum(case votes.votetypeid when 2 then 1 when 3 then -1 else 0 end) as [Score] from posts, votes where posts.id = votes.postid and datediff(day, posts.creationdate, votes.creationdate) > 30 and posts.owneruserid = ##UserId## group by posts.id order by Score desc;