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Why were some answers converted to comments and what caused some unexplained downvotes?
I'm a longtime lurker, but fairly new to answering questions. I only post if I know the answer.
I invested time to answer several jQuery questions, only to watch a moderator delete or move my answer ...
7
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2answers
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How can I find answers I've downvoted?
I'm aware I can view all of my downvotes by going here:
But there are reams of downvotes matched.
I also tried looking at the advanced search operators, but there's nothing useful there.
How ...
3
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3answers
108 views
Maximum upvote and downvote a question or answer can receive
Is there a limitation in the upvote or downvote for a particular question or answer can receive?
2
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2answers
83 views
Restore a vote of an answer after the question has changed [duplicate]
I downvoted an answer because it was by far not a good answer, other answer were much better.
But then the questioner edited his question (not the answer) which left the downvoted answer the only ...
2
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1answer
44 views
Does deleted answer count towards your tag score?
When answering\asking a question (say a Java question) and got downvotes, I want to delete the answer. You know that downvoting a "Java" answer also downvotes the user's "Java" tag. The question is, ...
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2answers
83 views
What to do when an incorrect downvoted answer is helpful
I was having problems reading data from a TCP port, when I stumbled across this very helpful stackoverflow post that answered my question:
how do you account for when TCP does not get all the bytes ...
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4answers
116 views
Don't allow answers to be voted beyond -1
If I recall the reason for voting on answers is so that answers that are "more right" float to the top while answers of lesser value sink to the bottom.
That makes perfect sense to me. I don't have ...
-1
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1answer
182 views
Why I got downvotes on answering a duplicate question?
Last evening I got downvoted with a reason "This question is asked tons of time, and you having 9K points should not answer, indeed you should close the question". I even voted to close the question ...
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1answer
120 views
Is there an automatic voting mechanism in Stack Overflow?
I've repost an [answer] for four times for test, and each time after I post, a -1 vote appears automatically.
I'd like to get downvotes if the answer is not applicable, I'll delete it and not post ...
0
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1answer
160 views
Why the downvoted answers are blurred?
I was reading an old answer by Jeff Atwood on Meta. It's a heavily downvoted answer and it's almost invisible due to the "blurring" applied to that post. In fact, an answer doesn't need too many ...
3
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3answers
122 views
Should I remove correct but down voted answers?
I got down voted some times without reason, and I also know the user who did this but the support told me that there is no evidence about this.
However this is not the point of my question. I have ...
1
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1answer
110 views
Why is downvoting a question free but downvoting an answer not? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
If downvoting is so important, why does it cost reputation?
Should downvotes on questions be “free”?
The title basically says it all: "Why is downvoting a ...
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3answers
205 views
The “best practice” answer etiquette
Recently I have been receiving down-votes because I do not correct the OP's answer to use "best practice." This has occurred on a few occasions regarding implicit or explicit syntax or deprecation of ...
7
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3answers
168 views
Answers that solve a problem but use another technology
Some minutes ago one of my answers was downvoted; it solved the OPs problem, but using another technology. The downvoter (it seems that was he/she that did the downvote) said that since I used another ...
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2answers
128 views
How to solve the problem of lack of deletion-protection for negative answers?
Today was the second (or third) time this happened to me on SO.
I've asked a question and some high reputation fellow has answered it with a possible solution. Specifically, the User suggested me to ...
12
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3answers
134 views
Downvoting an answer that should be a comment
If an answer is posted to a user's question that contains only a very small suggestion and then a request for more details, is it appropriate to downvote? To me, this seems like it should be a ...
3
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1answer
130 views
Recourse for Competitive Down-Voting [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
If you just witnessed tactical downvoting, is it a reportable offense?
Recently miffed about an answer I gave that was technically identical to a competing answer, and ...
12
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1answer
271 views
Is there a joke about “Freehand Circles” that I'm oblivious to? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
The Many Memes of Meta
Someone commented one of my answers (on Arquade ) saying they down voted because of the lack of "freehand circles" is this a joke? Could someone ...
21
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6answers
744 views
I thought I posted a good answer
Ok so I answered a question about PHP global variables, and my answer was right to the point and solved the OP's problem. I had two upvotes and the OP accepted my answer. However, maybe 3 hours later ...
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1answer
196 views
Down vote minus point seems too punitive sometimes and is lost “value” when the down vote is not done
I know this topic is not new and the downvoting in general is addressed in:
Why do you lose reputation for down-voting? - In essence to encourage up-voting, and avoid malfeasance. I would point out ...
4
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3answers
114 views
Bug with reputation calculation for downvote on highly rated answers (200+)
I wrote this response and was proud to get 200+ upvotes:
What is node.js?
At some point, additional upvotes stop adding reputation, which is fine. (false!) However, today, someone apparently ...
8
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3answers
198 views
Speculative answers discouraged through downvoting
I have found a few cases when I try to answer someone's question based on my best understanding of what they are asking. Sometimes, I have made some assumptions based on their vague descriptions, or ...
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4answers
176 views
How could I have handled this exchange better?
I had an exchange with a user regarding an answer they posted, specifically this one. It's one of my first such discussions and I don't feel it went well. I'm wondering how I could respond differently ...
7
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3answers
204 views
Why do downvoted answers often disappear?
Do downvoted answers disappear automatically? Or is someone removing them? I'm not sure that downvoted answers always disappear but I've seen them disappear on multiple occasions. Most recently, ...
4
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6answers
437 views
Why do people still answer a question when it is heavily downvoted?
When a user asks a question which has been answered quite a few times on SO and on other sites without any research efforts, why do people keep answering the question? Isn't it a bad approach to ...
7
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2answers
308 views
Should outdated answers be voted down?
On Stack Overflow, there are many questions that relate to currently-developing technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3. The accepted answers to these questions may become outdated, and better answers may ...
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3answers
90 views
Should answers be voted down if they repeat the contents of a previous answer?
I have seen countless times on Stack Overflow where another answer imitates a previous answer. This new answer may still receive upvotes, despite the fact that another person has already answered the ...
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2answers
184 views
Is it fine to delete my answer and post new one in case I did something wrong, but due to fast downvoters I had no time to edit it?
I have met few problems when answering.
My scenario:
I answer question
I'm testing some better solutions
I'm just about to edit it because I know my first answer was wrong and it should be improved
...
4
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2answers
117 views
Will tag score be re-calculated automatically after deleting negative score answers?
I received some negative scores to answers. I didn't want to delete them, as I learned a lot on them and they might be of use for others. (I edited the answer of course, but negative votes remained). ...
11
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2answers
144 views
Is “doesn't work for me” a reasonable reason to downvote an answer?
Related:
Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
Is it now discouraged to ask for reasons for downvotes as a comment?
I am new here and trying not to get into trouble in my struggle to reach 15 ...
