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I would highly suggest that you improve upon it by adding more detail. Whenever you find a program, or link that you feel is useful, put in the time to expound upon the answer instead of just posting a link and saying "This should help".

That would be a reason why I would personally down-vote a post like yours. If you find yourself adding content from other sites, add a summary of the steps that need to be performed. If you're adding a link to a specific product, give a summary of what it does, what it looks like and how to use it.

Here's are some examples of both product and instructions that I took from another site:

With this answer:

Get rid of the Courier font

I would highly suggest that you improve upon it by adding more detail. Whenever you find a program, or link that you feel is useful, put in the time to expound upon the answer instead of just posting a link and saying "This should help".

That would be a reason why I would personally down-vote a post like yours. If you find yourself adding content from other sites, add a summary of the steps that need to be performed. If you're adding a link to a specific product, give a summary of what it does, what it looks like and how to use it.

Here's are some examples of both product and instructions that I took from another site:

With this answer:

Get rid of the Courier font

I would highly suggest that you improve upon it by adding more detail. Whenever you find a program, or link that you feel is useful, put in the time to expound upon the answer instead of just posting a link and saying "This should help".

That would be a reason why I would personally down-vote a post like yours. If you find yourself adding content from other sites, add a summary of the steps that need to be performed. If you're adding a link to a specific product, give a summary of what it does, what it looks like and how to use it.

Here's are some examples of both product and instructions that I took from another site:

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With this answer:

Get rid of the Courier font

I would highly suggest that you improve upon it by adding more detail. Whenever you find a program, or link that you feel is useful, put in the time to expound upon the answer instead of just posting a link and saying "This should help".

That would be a reason why I would personally down-vote a post like yours. If you find yourself adding content from other sites, add a summary of the steps that need to be performed. If you're adding a link to a specific product, give a summary of what it does, what it looks like and how to use it.

Here's are some examples of both product and instructions that I took from another site: