Timeline for An idea to discourage excessive anonymous downvoting
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| Oct 10, 2013 at 20:58 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | +1 I can't find anything to disagree with in this answer (and believe me, I tried! :). As soon as I'd finished reading the question I upvoted it, thinking "Actually, this sounds like quite a good idea!" In my early days on ELU I sometimes got pop-up reminders telling me I should upvote questions as well as answers. That worked for me, and I guess I saw OP's feature request as something similar. But by the time I got to the end of reading this answer, I'd changed my position (and it was nice to find that final paragraph addressing my last remaining misgivings just at the right time!). | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 15:37 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I did get worried once or twice when negatives appeared by answers - if these are purely malice- or prejudice-based, one single downvote can carry all too much apparent significance. I'd say all downvotes should need to be non-anon and have a reason attached. | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 15:36 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I came across a situation where an AD had swept in and downvoted an answer of mine and two from others (their combined reputation over 100k, I think). I merely upvoted the other two answers where I normally wouldn't have done, and checked back later to confirm my suspicion that someone would return the favour. Ignore vindictive downvotes; learn from constructive ones (which I think must have a reason and hence be non-anon). . . | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 0:30 | comment | added | B. Szonye | +1 for anonymous downvotes to avoid vengeful behavior. Not everyone deals with constructive criticism well. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 23:14 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | -1 No. My hope, if that isn't too grand a word, is that a user like myself might get some indication as to where her/his answer is incorrect or poorly thought out. Whenever I have posted answers or questions it has always been to the best of my ability and I care that I am at least correct in my explanations. I may not have the style or panache of some of the veteran users on ELU but I sincerely hope my answers are of help to others. If and when they are incorrect, is it too much to ask "why"? | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 23:07 | comment | added | MrHen | (1) So your hope is to... maybe peeve people? (2) I have, sure. But I got over it by asking people I respect about it in chat. (3) So your system might encourage bogus comments which then need to be flagged by the community and then moderated. (4) And I sympathize with the entire plight. But don't think it deserves special attention or feature changes. (5) You have 5k rep. I guess I don't understand the problem. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 23:06 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | -5 My posting relevant helpful answers does not make a blind difference. I realize I am not popular, to prove my point, less than an hour of my posting in meta I received two downvotes. Coincidence? No, I didn't think so, I flagged the downvotes and the votes have been reversed. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 23:02 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | -4 I really don't think it's my personal plight, although admittedly it does knock my confidence. Anonymous downvoting is a common complaint. I posted my proposal on Stack Meta Overflow in September before I knew who had been downvoting me. Did you see the number of downvotes that single individual posted? Wasn't it excessive? | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 22:54 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | (cont'd) But I am not the first, and more than one 5,000+ user has left a comment asking or demanding to know why his/her answer has been downvoted. It's a common complaint, and I don't see why someone as eloquent as yourself should feel uncomfortable about leaving a comment. I am sure when an answer is blatantly wrong you have downvoted and voted to close it. -3. An illegible comment is easily understood, a user might just hit random keys in order to circumvent the loss of points. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 22:53 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | - 1. Normally, five downvotes would equal 5 lost rep points, in this case the total would be ten, i.e. on the fifth consecutive downvote sans comment, an extra 5 points would be deducted. I doubt it would make any difference to a high rep user the first time, but if they left 15 anonymous downvotes in a row they might start feeling a bit peeved off. - 2. Perhaps you have never asked yourself why a perfectly acceptable question or answer of yours was downvoted. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 22:29 | history | answered | MrHen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |