> 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 exam

> 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.