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I think downvoting answers is slightly less problematic than downvoting questions, although both suffer from the same issue if people don't explain why they did
by dkersten 7y ago
I think downvoting answers is slightly less problematic than downvoting questions, although both suffer from the same issue if people don't explain why they did it. At least if an answer is downvited, its easy to assume "this is wrong", while if its a question its.. hard to know why unless explained.
- gwbas1c 7y agoDepends on if the question is easily googled or a general dupe. I don't know about you, but I find when I'm on a poorly-moderated forum, it's just the same questions asked over and over again every day. Do you really need to explain Search to every noob who you downvote? (Note that I never look at new Stackoverflow questions. I always find the site through Google, because someone's always asked the question first. I do improve answers when needed.)