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Wouldn't everyone who has a post vote down the other posts?
I see how the answer method works here and on all Stack Exchange sites, but, can someone explain to me why those who have answers to a question can downvote other answers. Doesn't this seem a little ...
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Does my question and its answer (given by me) deserve downvotes
Today I asked a question
Refresh needed each time after changing default desktop location
Later on I found the answer & I posted the answer it thinking it might be helpful for other users. ...
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What to do if you cannot see how to improve your downvoted post?
I asked a question a week or so ago, but seems somehow the question was off topic.
I researched services that could fit the requirements:
Web based
Access pages via either HTTP or HTTPS
Will allow ...
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what is the purpose of down-voting a question?
I understand the reason for up-voting a question. It is a good question and the results are likely to help someone in the future.
But what is the purpose of down-voting? If the question is bad, ...
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Change accidental vote
I accidentally down voted an answer (fat fingers on a small phone) and didn't notice until after it was locked. How can I undo my down vote?
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Answers related to font switching software are downvoted and deleted
I wanted to ask why my answer to my own question was downvoted and deleted here: http://superuser.com/a/409577/89415, it is about switching a font. (I guess now only an admin can see it)
My other ...
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What happened with some users reputation today? [closed]
Today something weird happened to my account, I got 4 downvotes on questions in less than 2 minutes.
I thought it had just happened to me, but, when requesting for moderator help on chat, I saw that ...
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Why aren't driveby downvoters themselves detected and penalised?
There are obvious cases of driveby downvoters. Why aren't the driveby downvoters penalised?
It may even often be the same person as when it happens it's often three posts at a time that are ...
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dealing with a drive-by downvote by flagging? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
political downvoting unrelated to a question?
I thought i was once advised that if I saw i'd been hit with what looks very much like a drive-by downvoter, like a few ...
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Bug: Vote down after voting up
If I vote up a question or answer and later decide to vote it down (if I changed my mind or it was a mistake), it votes it down by 2 points.
This means that after the upvote the votes are 1, after ...
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Why do I lose 1 rep when I down-vote an answer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why did I lose 1 rep after downvoting?
Why is this. I would have thought that the only way to keep posts rated fairly, there should be no incentive to up-vote or to ...
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Why was the question about the difference between an Intel i7 and Xeon processor closed?
Are there noticeable differences in Intel i7 and Xeon 5400 chipset family? [closed]
Initially, I may have phrased the question incorrectly but was essentially getting to the primary question of ...
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Why was my question about “Intentions and security risks of AIM bots” closed?
I've recently made a question at SuperUser about the intentions and security risks of AIM bots and it was downvoted and closed as Not a real question. I've browsed the site guidelines and I'm not ...
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Suspicious downvote pattern
I have noticed some suspicious downvotes on my questions recently.
Jul 25
-2 23:44 downvote XML, XHTML, SGML and HTML
Jul 23
-2 51 mins ago downvote GUI editor for editing djvu ...
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Feature Request: Downvotes not charged if item is deleted
Scenario: there was an incorrect answer to the question How to take the cube root of a negative number in VBA for Excel? (The answerer had not read the question carefully before replying.) I downvoted ...
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Is it sometimes too easy to identify a downvoter?
I once asked on meta stackoverflow - should downvoters be identified...
http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/60605/should-downvoters-be-identified
An unpopular idea, understandably given the ...
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A way to send an alert to downvoters that an edit has been made to the post
Would it be be possible to make something that would alert downvoters of an answer that the post they downvoted has changed?
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Why did I lose 1 rep after downvoting?
I notice that when downvoting an answer, it says to leave a comment. I -already- left a comment before downvoting. So I don't. I then drop a point in rep.
I imagine that if i'd left a comment after ...
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what is the critics badge? i did not down vote any.
Hi,
I got the Critic badge in Stack Overflow. It said it is for down voting. i did not down vote any answers. i accidentally voted and again revoked. How to fine which post i have down voted if i had ...
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Is it OK to downvote link only or link/copy/paste answers?
This is related to this question from Diago last year. I have seen a lot of answers with either a link only, or a link with a short description copy/pasted from the developer's website.
Personally ...
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Is downvoting link only answers acceptable?
Related:
Ban lmgtfy (le me google that for you) links
Based on the Why is linking bad? question as well as Are answers that contain only links really good answers? question, is it acceptable ...
