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Preventing users from downvoting good answers to bad questions
I posted an answer to a question that was voted closed as too localized, which it very much could have been. However, I did get 2 upvotes for that answer. As I browsed SO, I noticed that my rep went ...
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Accepting answer without upvoting?
Is there ever a case where you would want to accept an answer, but not upvote it?
I can't think of a single situation where this would be the case.. So would it not make sense to have the "Accept" ...
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Is the “down-voting most/all answers that aren't yours” pattern considered harmful?
Emphasis: This is not a why downvote, or when is it ok to downvote, or what to do when voted down. This question is about a particular pattern of downvoting.
Recently, one of my answers was ...
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2answers
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Should there be an option to post anonymously?
On the most recent episode of This Developer's Life Jon Skeet was interviewed, and mentioned that sometimes he didn't receive the "accepted answer" even though his answer was correct, and he was ...
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10answers
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Why don't people vote up questions that they answer?
I think this is more of a question about the nature of SO users. I see a lot of questions with 5 or 6 answers, but 0 up-votes. I realize that sometimes that may be because down-votes and up-votes ...
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Shouldn't the answer with more votes be above the accepted answer?
After reviewing this question...
I'd like to make an argument for answers that have attained more votes than an accepted answer always be ranked above when answers are being sorted by votes (the ...
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8answers
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Should you downvote an answer that “works” because it is not strictly “correct”?
A question is raised and two answers are posted:
The first is a solution that adheres to best practice and industry convention
The second uses a kludge to get the right result
How should voters ...
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3answers
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How about hiding answer score for first few hours?
On Stack Overflow sites I have always felt answering in the right time can result in a good score. The first few answers always get some advantage. If the scores are hidden for some specific time ...
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2answers
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How do you sort the answers to a question by number of votes per answer?
It seems like answers are normally sorted by number of votes, but I just found a question on StackOverflow that doesn't seem to be: What is the single most influential book every programmer should ...
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Long answers on stackoverflow
Do we want long comprehensive answers to questions on stackoverflow?
Is it better to spend 30 secs to write "look this up [insert link here]", or do we want people to take their time (maybe an hour! ...
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2answers
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Why are the buttons for voting on your own question or answer visible? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove vote UI elements beside own question and answer posts
When you visit a question that you have asked or an answer you have given you can see on the left hand side of ...
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3answers
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Should the system automatically modify the accepted answer when another answer is voted significantly higher?
I know that there have been some similar posts to this:
Answer with more upvotes appears above accepted answer
Why do incorrect answers keep getting accepted
etc
..but I feel that this ...
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2answers
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Hide votes for answers for the first few minutes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How about hiding answer score for first few hours?
I think it would be useful to hide votes on existing answers for the first X minutes of a question's life. Early ...
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6answers
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To whom should we give credit?
Sometimes I answer a question, and later see that other people who answered before me have edited their answers to roll my answer into their own. When I borrow part of someone else's answer, I always ...
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4answers
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Are obsolete “best answers” really down-voted and replaced by newer ones? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to deal with obsolete answers?
I wonder if one final goal of the Stack (that is, to have all-the-time the best answer on the top of the list, even when technology ...
