Can a user automatically have voted for his/her idea?

[mrentropy]

Would it be difficult to modify the voting behavior, so that when a user creates an idea they have already voted for it?

[mrentropy]

FYI, I have a crude method for making this work, but I'm sure there must be a better way. I have UserIdeas redirecting "back to form" after an idea is submitted. Upon returning, I have a shortened version of the voting ajax request and then I redirect to item list.

var id  = <?php echo $itemId ?>;
var url = "index.php?option=com_userideas&task=item.vote&format=raw";

var fields = {
    id: id
};

jQuery.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url:  url,
    data: fields,
    dataType: "text json"
}).done(function() {
    window.location("/idea")
  })

[todordev]

Hi,
If you would like, you can create content plugin.
So, when an idea be stored, the plugin will vote for it, if it is new.

You should use the event onContentAfterSave