Timeline for Is it ok to announce downvoting in a comment which requests clarification if the user comments instead of editing?
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| Aug 13, 2016 at 10:48 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | @Dan, downvotes on meta are for simple "I disagree with you" statements. Downvotes on main are for making a statement about the quality of a post, basically you are saying something negative about it. That's why excessive downvoting and also downvoting without giving any reason should be discouraged. | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 13:40 | comment | added | Mark Kirby | @JacobVlijm that is definitely the best way to deal with new users, voting them down can make them just give up but also those downvotes can really hit hard on users with a good bit of rep :) | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 13:38 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | @Dan personally, I prefer first giving OP the opportunity to improve. Then upvote if he or she does, downvote if not. More encouriging imo. | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 13:36 | comment | added | Mark Kirby | @Dan Thats fine too but the question specifically asked about before voting, ie leaving a comment to say they will downvote this if it is not improved. You could do a whole other answer about doing it that way round if you like, it would still be relevant to the OP. | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 13:07 | comment | added | Dan | Why not downvote, and then explain the reason for the downvote? IMO, that's what downvotes are for, disagreeing with a post. If the OP edits the question/answer you can recast your vote by either removing your previous downvote, or change it to an upvote. Or keep it as downvote if you disagree with the post | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 10:05 | comment | added | Jacob Vlijm | +1 nothing beats good communication on why things happen. | |
| Aug 3, 2016 at 10:05 | history | edited | Jacob Vlijm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 3, 2016 at 10:02 | history | edited | Mark Kirby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 3, 2016 at 9:48 | history | answered | Mark Kirby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |