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Alternatively, maybe we could come up with a way to deal with those questions that is better than down voting. Let time, and lack of up votes, sink them? Have
by jerrac 7y ago
Alternatively, maybe we could come up with a way to deal with those questions that is better than down voting.
Let time, and lack of up votes, sink them? Have moderators hide them with a FRIENDLY "Hey, we've hidden your post because it doesn't meet 'these requirements', once you've edited, we'll review it and show it again." message. If they don't improve, keep it hidden, tell them to do better. If they still don't improve, delete it, and require any new questions they post to be moderated first. If another question ends up deleted, don't let them post any more.
Basically, give feedback in a positive manner with the goal of getting that person to do better. It may seem like more work, but I think it would be much more rewarding than what I've seen on Stack Overflow and other support forums.
- KKPMW 7y agoWhat is wrong with downvotes? Without downvotes upvotes loose their meaning. The number of upvotes would turn into a proxy for the number of people who looked at the question. From my experience - big part of new users asking questions do not even care if they get any upvotes or downvotes, or if someone is friendly. They don't even bother to accept/upvote the answer when it's given. They simply want to get their question answered and then move on, forget their username and create a new account for the new question next time. A better system is surely possible. But my main message would be - please spend some time doing it all: 1) asking questions; 2) answering questions; 3) volunteering for moderation; before starting to think about how to change the site.
- dkersten 7y ago> What is wrong with downvotes? They don't tell the person what they did wrong. Its incredibly frustrating to get downvoted and not have any idea why. For example, here on HN, I generally couldn't care less about what my score is, but when I write something based on my personal experience (ie something completely subjective from my life) and I get downvoted (it has happened!), I find find that incredibly frustrating because I don't understand why someone found my experience worthy of a downvote. I imagine its similar on SO. If you're new and don't yet know the finer points of the rules, getting downvoted without an explanation is a surefire way of turning that person off the site. > please spend some time doing it all: 1) asking questions; 2) answering questions; 3) volunteering for moderation I have. At least, I've done the review queue a ton of times.
- shkkmo 7y agoSO promts you to leave a comment about how a question could be improved. I always leave a comment unless the issues is already covered in another comment.
- dkersten 7y agoSure, many people do and those really aren’t a problem at all. Its the drive-by downvotes that are a problem. Maybe forcing you to leave the comment would be enough to mitigate the problem.
- JohnFen 7y ago> What is wrong with downvotes? Nothing is inherently wrong with them, but downvotes without an explanation are without value.