Questions tagged [downvoting]
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Is it good style to downvote developers who announce their projects?
Sometimes we see developers who use Ask Ubuntu as a platform to annouce their projects. I feel this is a good idea, especially when a project does address an unsolved issue many people have. For ...
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Answer got downvoted but user removed the question
So I answered a question about a Internet connection problem where the connection worked but there was no Internet. Naturally I suggested to check the DNS settings and I got my answer downvoted.. A ...
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-1 reputation for nothing
Ok I am wondering why and how I can remove negative reps on ask ubuntu. I know how to search for questions and answers before I ask. Then someone comes along and gives me a down vote because they ...
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Could we modify the pop-up of the downvote icon of questions?
Reading the answers and comments that I got on this question "Could we add a delay before being able to downvote a question?"
I changed my mind:
An answer needs to be upvoted or downvoted, it is ...
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Could we add a delay before being able to downvote a question?
Some brand new Ubuntu users are posting some questions, being not yet familiar with AskUbuntu their question is not always very clear.
I understand that to downvote such question to close them.
But ...
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Is it proper to downvote a question that describes a bug?
After a research, and finding no solution to the problem I faced on my Ubuntu machine, I made and posted a detailed question to Ask Ubuntu. To my surprise, what I have is a bug (not sure if known or ...
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Many users just voting down, even when answerers follow up?
I've been answering questions lately, and been giving responses as much as I can. I usually provide links to websites where the question asker can get more information, and reference where I get my ...
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A Question Regarding Negative Reputation [duplicate]
Some answer to this question Black screen after login with cursor, I gave him down vote & suddenly i loose the 1 point, can any one guide me how it work ?
Given Down Vote To Answer
Loosing 1 ...
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Should I downvote a good answer if there is a competing better answer?
Suppose someone asks a question. It has two solutions - one is easier than the other, but the other one has some benefits of its own.
For example, there was one question about imagemagick where the ...
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Minor alignment issue with downvote button
When casting a downvote upon a post, I noticed that the downvote arow is misaligned between when no vote is cast and when it is downvoted. You can see below a GIMP image showing the two images next to ...
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Why are people downvoting questions with obvious solutions?
There is something I have seen in both stackoverflow and askubuntu. That is happening way more at stackoverflow but even at AskUbuntu.
There are questions with minus ratings and negative votes (for ...
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Reputation lost on downvoting others [duplicate]
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I observed that my reputation decreases when I downvote answers, why?
Why do I loose 1 reputation point for downvoting others answers?
I even provided a reason!
I just lost ...
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Who downvoted my question/answer on Ask Ubuntu?
Can I know who down voted my question/answer on Ask Ubuntu so that I can ask him the reason for it?
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downvoting random comments in answers?
I saw some answers where the user just puts in random comment. I like what I read from this link "
http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1305/flag-answers-that-should-be-comments " but is downvoting ...
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Poorly Written Questions - Is it okay to downvote?
I have seen a lot of questions where people do not bother to spell check or capitalize their I's, and leave beginnings of sentences uncapitalized. I have seen posts that use texting abbreviations, etc....
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