diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index f2770a654..21620e6cd 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     def filter_metatags(tags)
       @pre_metatags, tags = tags.partition {|x| x =~ /\A(?:rating|parent|-parent|source|-?locked):/i}
-      @post_metatags, tags = tags.partition {|x| x =~ /\A(?:-pool|pool|newpool|fav|-fav|child|-favgroup|favgroup):/i}
+      @post_metatags, tags = tags.partition {|x| x =~ /\A(?:-pool|pool|newpool|fav|-fav|child|-favgroup|favgroup|upvote|downvote):/i}
       apply_pre_metatags
       return tags
     end
@@ -719,6 +719,9 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
         when /^-fav:(.+)$/i
           remove_favorite!(CurrentUser.user)
 
+        when /^(up|down)vote:(.+)$/i
+          vote!($1)
+
         when /^child:(.+)$/i
           child = Post.find($1)
           child.parent_id = id
@@ -1030,12 +1033,16 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
 
     def vote!(score)
-      if can_be_voted_by?(CurrentUser.user)
-        vote = PostVote.create(:post_id => id, :score => score)
-        self.score += vote.score
-      else
+      unless CurrentUser.is_voter?
+        raise PostVote::Error.new("You do not have permission to vote")
+      end
+
+      unless can_be_voted_by?(CurrentUser.user)
         raise PostVote::Error.new("You have already voted for this post")
       end
+
+      PostVote.create(:post_id => id, :score => score)
+      reload # PostVote.create modifies our score. Reload to get the new score.
     end
 
     def unvote!
diff --git a/test/factories/user.rb b/test/factories/user.rb
index 186318fa4..0bfa09fd5 100644
--- a/test/factories/user.rb
+++ b/test/factories/user.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     default_image_size "large"
     base_upload_limit 10
     level 20
+    created_at {Time.now}
     last_logged_in_at {Time.now}
     favorite_count 0
     bit_prefs 0
diff --git a/test/unit/post_test.rb b/test/unit/post_test.rb
index 6d1276b3e..994bd563f 100644
--- a/test/unit/post_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/post_test.rb
@@ -800,6 +800,50 @@ class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
             end
           end
         end
+
+        context "of" do
+          setup do
+            @gold = FactoryGirl.build(:gold_user)
+          end
+
+          context "upvote:self or downvote:self" do
+            context "by a member" do
+              should "not upvote the post" do
+                assert_raises PostVote::Error do
+                  @post.update(:tag_string => "upvote:self")
+                end
+
+                assert_equal(0, @post.score)
+              end
+
+              should "not downvote the post" do
+                assert_raises PostVote::Error do
+                  @post.update(:tag_string => "downvote:self")
+                end
+
+                assert_equal(0, @post.score)
+              end
+            end
+
+            context "by a gold user" do
+              should "upvote the post" do
+                CurrentUser.scoped(FactoryGirl.create(:gold_user)) do
+                  @post.update(:tag_string => "tag1 tag2 upvote:self")
+                  assert_equal(false, @post.errors.any?)
+                  assert_equal(1, @post.score)
+                end
+              end
+
+              should "downvote the post" do
+                CurrentUser.scoped(FactoryGirl.create(:gold_user)) do
+                  @post.update(:tag_string => "tag1 tag2 downvote:self")
+                  assert_equal(false, @post.errors.any?)
+                  assert_equal(-1, @post.score)
+                end
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       context "tagged with a negated tag" do
@@ -1733,8 +1777,16 @@ class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       end
     end
 
+    should "not allow members to vote" do
+      @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+      @post = FactoryGirl.create(:post)
+      CurrentUser.scoped(@user) do
+        assert_raises(PostVote::Error) { @post.vote!("up") }
+      end
+    end
+
     should "not allow duplicate votes" do
-      user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+      user = FactoryGirl.create(:gold_user)
       post = FactoryGirl.create(:post)
       CurrentUser.scoped(user, "127.0.0.1") do
         assert_nothing_raised {post.vote!("up")}
@@ -1746,7 +1798,7 @@ class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
 
     should "allow undoing of votes" do
-      user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+      user = FactoryGirl.create(:gold_user)
       post = FactoryGirl.create(:post)
 
       # We deliberately don't call post.reload until the end to verify that