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The mod tools aren't much help here, and 3 votes isn't really something that's more than a statistical blip here. There's nothing manual or automated to do here, and calling in a CM over three downvot …

Its worth remembering that the serial downvoting system, and for that matter votes themselves are black boxes even to mods. And the moment you hit more than one downvote, its not one person. Some use …

From what I can tell, it was reversed on its own. Failing which, moderators can't check up on individual votes - had it not been reversed, we'd have escalated it to the community team to handle.

Downvotes happen. Its a fact of life, and the least one can do is try to get used to it. Complaining about it can be counterproductive at times. Its not personal You might want to reconsider what yo …

Downvotes on main sites usually should mean there's something drastically wrong with the question. We arn't here to punish users who don't toe the line - the downvote/upvote and even the closure syste …

Someone felt it lacked research. A few folks apparently get annoyed by quick self answers (which I would add, is silly! Its an excellent way to document odd things). A few folks go "Why is he complain …

Yes, no and there's no visibility of it. There's super limited cases where mods can see who voted on a post anyway. So if you want it up voted, you can upvote it again I'm told the results of new …

Cause people who have earned a privilege have shown some ability to understand how things work. People with lower rep have not yet. SE fundamentally runs as a meritocracy

I tend to closevote over downvoting, personally. However, you can undo a downvote when a question is edited, so if its a salvagable question, but horrible, I tend to augment my usual comments (you mi …

Downvotes on their own are terrible mentoring. They lack context on their own for a new user, and much like puppies, some other input is needed. While comments are transient, in many cases pairing th …