## * [Sathya](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/65/sathya) [asked](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5418160#5418160):* **On [Super User](http://superuser.com/), we tend to downvote and close a lot, esp recommendation questions. Tell us about a downvote, close, deletion, or other such "negative" action taken against you on [Super User](http://superuser.com/), and what you learned from it.** ---- ** [Oliver Salzburg](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/31226/oliver-salzburg) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5418207#5418207):** My most upvoted answer was deleted because the question was off-topic. Needless to say, I was very disappointed. I learned a valuable lesson about the scope of the site that day. ** [DragonLord](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/11606/dragonlord) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5418501#5418501):** I would try to avoid asking such a question again. If for some reason I don't understand the action, I would bring it up on Meta. ** [soandos](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/18035/soandos) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5418773#5418773):** There was a user that downvoted my post because he felt that a warning label was not needed. I dealt with it in [this](https://meta.superuser.com/questions/3157/target-audience-of-answer-on-su) meta post. ** [Daniel Beck](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2582/daniel-beck) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5419794#5419794):** I don't particularly remember any such action. A few answers were deleted when the question was off topic, but that was to be expected. I'd like to see this more often, actually. I haven't been downvoted a lot either, and very rarely got explanations, which is the users' right, but still severely limits what I can learn from it. ** [KronoS](http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/601/kronos) [answered](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5420148#5420148):** When I just first started on Super User, I had a question closed on me. I [asked about it on Meta](https://meta.superuser.com/questions/1411/how-was-this-question-not-a-real-question), and @Diago gave a great answer as to why. I learned a lot from that experience, not only how to better my question asking, but also that the Meta site was a great tool to use to better myself and the site.