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This tag is for questions specific to upvotes, the community's way of telling peers that their content was clear and helpful. Up-votes on the meta sites may have different meanings.
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Negative up-vote/down-vote ratio: is it effective mentoring, or too harsh?
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 …
9
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Remove upvoting on comments under a question, only allow downvoting
Comment upvotes are... special. They don't actually really mean anything (I seem to recall, at most a badge). On the other hand, comments are a useful way to extract and elicit more information from a …
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Accepted
What should you do when you're not receiving any reputation for your answers?
I would say post better answers, but I honestly can't find any answers that I'd take offense with. I just guess you answered questions which are low visibility, and where the user hasn't bothered to t …
9
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VOTE UP answers for own question even low reputation for new users
Let's see:
Ask a question
If it's good you get THREE upvotes... and you can upvote.
Post ONE good answer
Have it voted up, just TWICE, or get it right... and you're there.
Link an existing account
I …