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Reason for question beeing Downvoted?

But I am not understanding why my Question was downvoted. Is it because its stupid or not well written or something else. … Shouldn't there be a system for the user who asked the question to know why his question was downvoted so that he can improve his question, which should improve the overall quality of the site. …
Mohit Rajan's user avatar
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Why is my answer being downvoted?

It was downvoted 2 times and up voted zero times. Why is happening this? Link: https://askubuntu.com/a/609136/387382 Update 1: Downvoted 3 times. …
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Why is my question downvoted?

My question Why is OpenJDK not preinstalled was downvoted 2 times. What's wrong with it? Or is it just that people think preinstalling it is a stupid idea? …
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I believe I have been downvoted because I downvoted answers which I thought were poor

Perhaps I should have not downvoted them and left them be. Please let me know if that would have been more appropriate. … My suspicion is that in response to me downvoting their answers, my question was downvoted. …
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These shouldn't have been downvoted

Software Center will not start from icon and https://askubuntu.com/questions/784695/ubuntu-store-wont-launch shouldn't have been downvoted. It this more of the malicious up-down voting? …
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Why was my post downvoted?

Why was my answer downvoted? Was there an error in what I posted? See here. Edit: I have edited my original post to answer his question. Lesson learned. …
Cyndekai's user avatar
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Why is this question downvoted?

As the title says I wonder why this is downvoted so much: Parental Controls on Ubuntu It is a newbie to Ask Ubuntu and no one wrote any comments about what is probably wrong with his/her question. …
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I am being downvoted for no reason

I am not sad but I wish to know why I am so downvoted today? EDIT: Problem solved next 2 days I have my points back …
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My Answer got downvoted and I updated it. Will downvotes go away?

I got downvoted to -2 for my answer. I Edited and improved my answer (IMHO). Will the downvotes go away? Will the downvoters be told I changed my answer? …
waltinator's user avatar
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Answer got downvoted but user removed the question

Naturally I suggested to check the DNS settings and I got my answer downvoted.. A short while later though, the asker removed the question (maybe after checking his DNS settings). …
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Regarding the etiquette of removing "Accepted" but downvoted Answers

I accept that my post may get downvoted, regardless of if it is correct or not. This is not a complaint, but more of a question about etiquette. … My question is this: If I have provided an Answer and the OP has accepted it (even going so far as to comment that it worked), but the answer is being downvoted, what do I do? …
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Can anybody please explain to me why this question got downvoted?

https://askubuntu.com/questions/450726/unable-to-boot-ubuntu-cloud-guest-image-in-kvm The person who downvoted did not provide any explanation for the downvote. … All it says on the downvote is: "This question does not show any research effort, is unclear or not useful". I cannot agree with any of them. …
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Why is this question about the solar eclipse so heavily downvoted?

Instead, I'm merely curious to know the reasons of the people who downvoted the question, especially of those who downvoted when it was already at a low score. …
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Users under 500 rep need to leave a comment as to why they downvoted? [duplicate]

I'm sure many users have experienced the dreaded "Downvote with no explanation." … It could be a simple link under a downvoted question/answer, like View Downvote Reasons. The OP (or a mod) can click this link and view all the downvote reasons, but not the names of the poster. …
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Should an answer be downvoted if it is outdated and at the top of the page

I feel like this answer should be downvoted because it is at the top of the page and outdated. However I'm not sure whether or not that is the best idea. Is there a better solution to this problem? …
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