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Good. I'm glad you explain. That doesn't make it any less of a public reprimand. In polite society, when you reprimand someone publicly, you only do so when pr
by jerrac 7y ago
Good. I'm glad you explain. That doesn't make it any less of a public reprimand.
In polite society, when you reprimand someone publicly, you only do so when private discussions have failed.
I'd also argue using down votes for outdated information is very inefficient. Wouldn't it make sense to just have a "this is out dated" flag, and list how many people have used it? Then, the author of the answer could update their post and ask that the flag be cleared.
For wrong answers, I'd say a comment "this is wrong because" first, then something other than down voting.
- dkersten 7y ago> I'd say a comment "this is wrong because" first, then something other than down voting. I guess its just as much a signal to people looking for an answer as it is for the person who wrote the answer. At least with a downvoted answer, its easy to see "ok, maybe not this one" and you can check the comments to see why. Not that I'm a fan of downvoting, I think a flagging system would achieve the same thing while being more helpful to all involved than an opaque downvote.
- papln 7y agoSO is a crowd-sourced FAQ, not a conversation forum.