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This tag is for questions specific to down-votes, the community's way of telling peers that their content can be improved. Down-votes on meta site have different meanings.

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Question received no rep, but an answer mentioning the question received negative rep; why?

I didn't downvote you, but this is why people might have: The opening of the answer is kind of confusing - how can people consider them the same if they're different? Some people would consider your …
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Protect anonymity of 'no comment' down voters - while allowing other users to down vote them

I am concerned primarily about this part: Question down voters can still remain anonymous and safe from retaliation voting if they want to... but their reputation can now be made to suffer, just a …
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Is SuperUser Not the Right Place for Visio Questions?

Visio questions are on topic here. Microsoft Visio is desktop software and not a programming tool, so it fits here (as opposed to Stack Overflow or Web Apps). Excerpted from the help center, emphasis …
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Negative up-vote/down-vote ratio: is it effective mentoring, or too harsh?

Executive summary: commenting to explain downvotes is a very good thing to do. Doing that consistently is far more important than shooting for any up/downvote ratio. Fortunately, we also have plenty m …
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