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In such cases downvoting needs have a crowd effect. say 3 or 5 downvotes are required to start flagging inappropriate content. surely if more than 3 people fl
by carrotleads 12y ago
In such cases downvoting needs have a crowd effect.
say 3 or 5 downvotes are required to start flagging inappropriate content.
surely if more than 3 people flag something, then its likely there is a case to answer. takes away power from pissed off people who can't stomach a diff viewpoint.
- shagie 12y agoDownvotes serve to help signal to the person that there is something wrong - and it does it noticeably. Flags are things that go to various levels of moderation (close flags go to the close vote queue, moderator flags go to the elected moderators, low quality flags (only doable on negative score posts) go to the low quality review queue, and not an answer flags go to elected moderators). Downvotes mean that its not helpful, or that its not correct, or that it insufficiently answers the question. Flags and downvotes are often orthogonal to each other - one doesn't mean the other is needed. With a good question, viewpoints shouldn't be an issue at all - there's a question, there's an answer. An individual who systematically down vote another individual will have the votes reversed by the system.
- carrotleads 12y agosome folks don't like a question or the assumptions and inferences from it. Downvotes are their weapon of choice. Now the question loses value because someone had an agenda. Now at 3 downvotes, there could be a point is what I am trying to say. The prospective of being downvoted by stuck up folks leads to unwanted self-censorship and in many case not bothering to ask the question.