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Should we be concerned with prolific downvoters?

Downvoting is an important moderation task IMO. …
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Should an answer be downvoted if it is outdated and at the top of the page

Of course if the answer is completely wrong/rubbish/potentially dangerous to begin with, downvoting (maybe also leave a comment pointing out the problem(s) with it) is the right action to take. …
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What's the point of voting on questions (especially downvoting)?

Downvoting questions is an important moderation task which helps to filter out low quality posts from the site. …
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When exactly does a downvote cost 1 reputaion?

I was trying to find the correlation between downvoting and losing 1 rep for the downvote. If I understood correctly downvoting a post with a score ≥ 0 always takes away 1 reputation from me. … At the time of downvoting it already had a score of -4 (0 - 4). What are the exact cases where downvoting leads to reputation loss? (Or rather when it does not do that) …
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