Timeline for Please help me understand these downvotes
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| Dec 7, 2017 at 10:40 | history | edited | Secespitus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Used markdown as the OP originally intended and improved wording of the title a bit
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| Nov 7, 2017 at 20:31 | answer | added | anon | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 20:49 | comment | added | user Mod |
@steverino Pretty much what Vincent said. Just like you have found, it's often a good thing to leave an explanation for a downvote, but (despite having been suggested zillions of times) doing so is not required. Keep it civil, keep it helpful, and if it starts to deteriorate into an argument, flag it for moderator attention and disengage. We'll look at it and take appropriate action, whatever that might be in the particular case. Feel free to look through our flagging tag here on Worldbuilding Meta.
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| Nov 6, 2017 at 20:46 | comment | added | user Mod |
@Vincent Actually, it's at +550/-0... You can search is:a and sort by votes.
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| Nov 6, 2017 at 15:55 | comment | added | Vincent | "My understanding is voting is supposed to ensure higher quality answers." It is often not the case. IIRC, our top voted answer is about 2 our 3 lines long with around 300 upvotes. Be helpful to the asker, that's the point of the site, don't care about rep too much. | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 15:52 | comment | added | Vincent | "I have been very hesitant to downvote others (on this site) because I do not wish to have to argue with people whose answers display ignorance on the subject they are answering". You don't have to leave a comment if you don't want. It is better to leave one as it can help the person understand the problem. Arguing starts after a couple of messages usually. Just stop responding or flag for a moderator if it starts to get ugly. | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 13:02 | comment | added | Mołot | Note that this answer is now in VLQ queue: "This answer was flagged as low-quality because of its length and content." | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 12:47 | comment | added | JDługosz Mod | @steverino It's interesting to read your response in light of dot_Sp0T’s answer. | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 12:14 | answer | added | Separatrix | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 9:39 | history | edited | userMod |
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| Nov 6, 2017 at 9:38 | comment | added | user Mod | You might have read that question and its answers, but at least I don't see any indication in this question of you having done so. In that case, it's usually better to highlight the differences from your understanding between the two, than simply shooting back a "Why don't you re-read my question?" at the person who thought the answers to an existing question also would answer yours. Remember that even in disagreement, be nice. | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 9:32 | answer | added | dot_Sp0T | timeline score: 16 | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 2:56 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 6, 2017 at 2:43 | answer | added | HDE 226868Mod | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 2:32 | comment | added | steverino | I read that before posting my question. Why don't you re-read my question? | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 2:29 | comment | added | Vylix | Possible duplicate of Why do people downvote but refrain from commenting the reason? | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 2:28 | answer | added | Vylix | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 6, 2017 at 1:26 | history | asked | steverino | CC BY-SA 3.0 |