Timeline for Are downvotes a bad thing? Should I take it personally?
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| Jun 15, 2012 at 22:55 | comment | added | tyblu | They comment on downvotes on the main site, @BBz. | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 20:03 | comment | added | Atav32 | Is this question about downvotes in the main site or meta? I was under the impression from other SE sites that downvotes in meta mean people disagree with you, not necessarily that the quality of the post was bad | |
| Jun 11, 2012 at 23:22 | comment | added | Kortuk Mod | @RussellMcMahon, I am a bit confused by your statement as to me thumping you again. It made me think there was confusion | |
| Jun 11, 2012 at 23:17 | comment | added | Russell McMahon Mod | @Kortuk - I don't have any confusion re the source of suspension. I follow what happened and what people thought people thought and throught people thought people thought and ... :-) well enough. I just think that the whole process was bizarre and broken and demonstrates alack of proper tools. The willingness to use improper tools in the absence of proper ones is not at all surprising but a bit sad. | |
| Jun 11, 2012 at 7:23 | comment | added | Kortuk Mod | The reason for a downvote is to say you have disagreed, the simplest way to remove a downvote @RussellMcMahon when there is a technical inaccuracy is when someone makes a major error, receives downvotes and then deletes their post. This instantly removes all of the downvotes from affecting rep, both the writer and the voter but recover their rep. I would say that most of the time someone receives a downvote for a poor answer though they are not a regular member, we only have a few higher rep members whom regularly receive downvotes. Stevenvh and Olin don't really, they just hate every one. | |
| Jun 11, 2012 at 7:21 | comment | added | Kortuk Mod | I suggest chat because the rapid back and forth of a "real" conversation in chat often resolves these issues much faster. If you would like the chat to be publicly access, publicly viewable or private is your option also. | |
| Jun 11, 2012 at 7:20 | comment | added | Kortuk Mod | @RussellMcMahon, I have seen them reversed for that reason very often, but often after such a technical discourse the users remove their comments, or if a moderator finds them later they will be removed, they are the noise of the site. I have removed many comments on this post that had decayed into bickering and were only inflaming emotions. On the note of the downvote of the question, you think I would thump you for not agreeing with a post on meta? That is what meta is for. If you have some confusion as to the source of your suspension please contact me in chat. | |
| Jun 9, 2012 at 18:31 | comment | added | Russell McMahon Mod | Only one downvote for this, so I guess it was me. Kortuk may wish to thump me again for that, I don't know? I liked the issue being raised, but considered the compulsory 'straw man' within the question made it too biased. viz the categorisation of user questions as rhetorical as part of this question, the implication that 'agreeable to one' comments are somehow quality ones. The concept of people actually rescinding downvotes when a 'post' is 'corrected' is a novel one - I've not seen it happen - even when purely technical points raised were addressed; nor any appreciation for reworked answer | |
| Jun 9, 2012 at 18:24 | comment | added | Russell McMahon Mod | It's interesting to see that some personally directed responses in comments have been removed (I'm not referring to my ones) - whether by the posters or by admins I know not. I an see why people may wish to fine tune the presentation and make discourse seem more logical and harmonious post priori - but it does rather skew any attempt to see how such discussions evolve. FWIW :-). All good fun, I'm sure. The general way the results of this question have rippled outwards seem indicative that'all is not well in the garden". Shakespeare's "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" seems apposite. | |
| Jun 6, 2012 at 11:46 | answer | added | MikeJ-UK | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 5, 2012 at 14:46 | answer | added | Russell McMahonMod | timeline score: -5 | |
| May 28, 2012 at 14:31 | answer | added | Jason S | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 28, 2012 at 9:48 | answer | added | Russell McMahonMod | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 28, 2012 at 8:15 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackElectronix/status/207022201403224064 | ||
| May 4, 2012 at 23:42 | comment | added | Dean | My friend wrote a cool blog entry on being down voted on SO. | |
| May 3, 2012 at 10:13 | answer | added | Telaclavo | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 3, 2012 at 5:58 | answer | added | clabacchio | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 at 14:30 | answer | added | Olin Lathrop | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 at 1:01 | comment | added | Kevin Vermeer Mod | must...resist...urge to downvote this post! | |
| Apr 29, 2012 at 7:05 | answer | added | tyblu | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 29, 2012 at 7:04 | history | asked | tyblu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |