Timeline for Excessive down votes for closed question
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| Nov 10, 2022 at 10:01 | comment | added | user199972 | The documentation you referenced, I am afraid, does not support your case. It explains that down voting is appropriate if a question shows minimal effort or comprehension, but suggests closing a question as an alternative to down voting, appropriate for off-topic questions. While the system does not prevent down voting a closed question, or ones being targeting for closing, the guidelines cast doubt on the wisdom of doing so. | |
| Nov 9, 2022 at 21:52 | comment | added | user199972 | As I say, the point of concern for me is whether the user is considering whether casting yet another vote in the same direction, exarcerbating an existing penalty, is truly helpful. When voters compete, the total count of votes is meaningful as a measure. When all responses are negative, nothing is being measured except the number of users who wish to cause the penalty to become yet more severe. | |
| Nov 9, 2022 at 21:39 | comment | added | Nmath | The reputation penalty for downvotes is also part of how the site is designed. There should be some penalty for posting bad answers or posting questions that are not useful. Because Ask Ubuntu is community moderated, a non trivial amount of moderation time is spent in dealing with bad questions and answers. It usually takes at least five users to review and close a bad question. It's easy to fix: a single upvote will erase the reputation loss from five downvotes. If you can contribute in a meaningful useful way and avoid posting bad content, then you don't have anything to worry about. | |
| Nov 9, 2022 at 21:30 | comment | added | user199972 | If users continue to vote down simply because I drew attention to the question, then it would seem that the community is afflicted by a bad attitude. Each successive down vote incurs a harsher penalty for the user who wrote a post, so other users ought to consider whether their vote actually carries any incremental value, or not. It is further puzzling why a question as mine would be considered a rant, as I had taken care to ensure it accurate and balanced. If a user posts a question about sound not working on a laptop, is it just a rant about being unable to watch a movie? | |
| Nov 9, 2022 at 21:11 | history | answered | Nmath | CC BY-SA 4.0 |