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I hate StackOverflow's downvoting with the heat of a trillion simultaneous supernovas all going off at the same time. It's a blunt instrument applied thoughtle
by hoodoof 10y ago
I hate StackOverflow's downvoting with the heat of a trillion simultaneous supernovas all going off at the same time. It's a blunt instrument applied thoughtlessly and indiscriminately.
Strange strange strange to hear StackOverflow lecturing others on the value of downvoting.
- xkxx 10y agoCan you elaborate on this? Your respone seems very emotional, but you don't provide any facts. In my experience with SO, if an answer has a score below zero, it's because the answer is either irrelevant or wrong. And I do sometimes take time to read all the answers to a question trying not to judge them based on their score.
- hashhar 10y agoCould you provide some more information or maybe ideas for a better system? From what I've experienced as a casual user on SO (<200 rep in over a year), most of the times I (or anybody else) am downvoted is because: 1. My question was too subjective. I have edited my questions to narrow down the scope to avoid this after somebody commented the reason for downvoting and the question did get answered then. 2. I did not do enough research. This is a tough one because facing this makes me feel inadequate about myself. It basically happens when I fail to provide any indications that I tried solving. Such questions typically look like homework questions instead of people stuck somewhere. But yes, there have been some times when people downvoted me but did not provide an explanation but that has been very rare for me.