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Recently, on Ask Ubuntu, I see a lot of people voting for really bad questions, here are some examples

This one is just bad

http://askubuntu.com/questions/811352/install-ubuntu-16-10-on-virtualboxhttps://askubuntu.com/questions/811352/install-ubuntu-16-10-on-virtualbox

This one says it is about Mint in the first sentence

http://askubuntu.com/questions/811383/how-to-write-configure-xorg-conf-file-with-intel-graphics-to-solve-hdmi-output-mhttps://askubuntu.com/questions/811383/how-to-write-configure-xorg-conf-file-with-intel-graphics-to-solve-hdmi-output-m

These are just from the front page right now, is it just me or is this kind of voting getting more and more common here?

Why would people vote these questions up? It defeats the point of voting when crap is voted up.

This stands in stark contrast to the many users who downvote questions in the wrong language or dare to mention another OS passingly.

I am not telling anyone what do with their votes but a bit of consistency in voting would go a long way here.

I can't be the only one who thinks this is becoming an issue.

Recently, on Ask Ubuntu, I see a lot of people voting for really bad questions, here are some examples

This one is just bad

http://askubuntu.com/questions/811352/install-ubuntu-16-10-on-virtualbox

This one says it is about Mint in the first sentence

http://askubuntu.com/questions/811383/how-to-write-configure-xorg-conf-file-with-intel-graphics-to-solve-hdmi-output-m

These are just from the front page right now, is it just me or is this kind of voting getting more and more common here?

Why would people vote these questions up? It defeats the point of voting when crap is voted up.

This stands in stark contrast to the many users who downvote questions in the wrong language or dare to mention another OS passingly.

I am not telling anyone what do with their votes but a bit of consistency in voting would go a long way here.

I can't be the only one who thinks this is becoming an issue.

Recently, on Ask Ubuntu, I see a lot of people voting for really bad questions, here are some examples

This one is just bad

https://askubuntu.com/questions/811352/install-ubuntu-16-10-on-virtualbox

This one says it is about Mint in the first sentence

https://askubuntu.com/questions/811383/how-to-write-configure-xorg-conf-file-with-intel-graphics-to-solve-hdmi-output-m

These are just from the front page right now, is it just me or is this kind of voting getting more and more common here?

Why would people vote these questions up? It defeats the point of voting when crap is voted up.

This stands in stark contrast to the many users who downvote questions in the wrong language or dare to mention another OS passingly.

I am not telling anyone what do with their votes but a bit of consistency in voting would go a long way here.

I can't be the only one who thinks this is becoming an issue.

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Disturbing voting trends

Recently, on Ask Ubuntu, I see a lot of people voting for really bad questions, here are some examples

This one is just bad

http://askubuntu.com/questions/811352/install-ubuntu-16-10-on-virtualbox

This one says it is about Mint in the first sentence

http://askubuntu.com/questions/811383/how-to-write-configure-xorg-conf-file-with-intel-graphics-to-solve-hdmi-output-m

These are just from the front page right now, is it just me or is this kind of voting getting more and more common here?

Why would people vote these questions up? It defeats the point of voting when crap is voted up.

This stands in stark contrast to the many users who downvote questions in the wrong language or dare to mention another OS passingly.

I am not telling anyone what do with their votes but a bit of consistency in voting would go a long way here.

I can't be the only one who thinks this is becoming an issue.