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Voting, both in the sense of up or down voting a post, as well as voting to close/reopen or delete/undelete

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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 …
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