Why was this question downvoted and who downvoted it? I don't understand the reason of downvoting this question. And I can't read the name of the user who downvoted (too small reputation score I think). Can anybody help?
1 Answer
By design, voting is always anonymous around here. You do not gain the ability to see how someone voted by accumulating more reputation.
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If so, will those who make a wrong decision be called to account by anyone?– philphilCommented Jun 10 at 13:06
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1@philphil That is not how things work here. People are allowed to vote however they please based on content. Unless the system automatically detects and reverses a flurry of votes from one user to another, being indicative of disallowed personal bias not mere content assessment, there is nothing than can, will, or should be done. Related: 1, 2, 3, et cetera.– tchrist ModCommented Jun 10 at 13:17
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See also the position of one of the founders and creators of our voting system here: “The whole point of voting is that it is egalitarian and anonymous, just like in a democratic political election.”– tchrist ModCommented Jun 10 at 13:25
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There is nothing egalitarian or democratic in this approach or management at all. The questioner is fair game there - that's all! In a democracy there is an election every few years,. There the administration/government is called to account, isn't it? So, how is a downvoter called to account on this site?– philphilCommented Jun 10 at 14:21
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As an aside, do you know why this question was downvotwd? Does it comply with the rules?– philphilCommented Jun 10 at 14:51
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1Ms Bunting has already given you the most likely explanation of why the question was downvoted, its obviousness, which arguably could be a reason for closing it as well. There seems to emerge a pattern in which you ask why something has happened, and when you are given an explanation of how it is in accordance with the norms of this site, it turns out that what you really want is to argue that the norms ought to be changed.– jsw29Commented Jun 10 at 15:53
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And I don't habitually criticize the rules. tchrist has addressed the discussion of the downvoting practise there meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75966/… and what I said is my response to it, nothing else.– philphilCommented Jun 10 at 16:28
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My question is: Do you know why this question was justifiably downvoted ? Does this downvoting comply with the rules?– philphilCommented Jun 10 at 16:52
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2No voting (up or down) needs to be justified at all. It's completely anonymous† and there is no-one to call to account. Consequently all downvoting complies with the rules: the downvoter thought the post deserved it. That's the way SE works: if you don't like it, you'll need to ask on Meta Stack Exchange but do note that there have been loads of similar questions in the past and you'll simply be downvoted and have your question closed. [† Staff on SE do have access to voting records, but they are only accessed when rules have been broken.]– Andrew Leach ModCommented Jun 10 at 17:27
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@Andrew Leach - "Staff on SE do have access to voting records, but they are only accessed when rules have been broken." - I don't understand that. What do you mean by "have access to voting records"?– philphilCommented Jun 10 at 22:46
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@philphil Voting records are maintained so that the system can undo votes cast by a user who is removed, or where voting fraud is found. While most of that is handled automatically, staff do have access to users' votes.– Andrew Leach ModCommented Jun 11 at 8:32
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"No voting (up or down) needs to be justified at all. . . , and there is no-one to call to account. Consequently all downvoting complies with the rules." - Everyone has to stick to the rules on this site, even the downvoters: The rules justify the downvoting. And: The downvoting has to comply with the rules. If the downvoting doesn't follow the rules the downvoting doesn't comply with the rules. Consequently there isn't any "all downvoting complies with the rule". My question was downvoted. And the downvoting has to comply with the rules: . . .– philphilCommented Jun 13 at 12:13
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You yourself are saying "all downvoting complies with the rules". Consequently there has to be a sound, substantiated reason for downvoting my question that complies with the rules. Please tell me this reason (this is my original question here and it hasn't been answered up to now).– philphilCommented Jun 13 at 12:22
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@philphil Do NOT clutter the comments here with questions that should be asked on the main site; I have deleted all of that spam you just now inappropriately wrote here. // And you have been given your answer here, so you won't be getting any others: nobody has to "justify" anything about their anonymous voting on Stack Exchange.– tchrist ModCommented Jun 13 at 14:06
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1) I haven't been given my answer here, actually. It is Not obvious a non-native speaker is able to know the phrase **strip the table bare" has a figurative meaning as well. How is a non-native speaker supposed to know that this phrase has the meaning 'the others will have scoffed the food before you have located your cutlery' as well? If there is no evidence or proof in the dictionaries or internet this question complies with the rules. 2) Of course, nobody has to justify anything about their anonymous voting because it is anonymous.– philphilCommented Jun 13 at 15:38
I'm not interested at all in who downvoted any questionErm... in your question you clearly state … and who downvoted it? … and … And I can't read the name of the user who downvoted … If you've since changed your mind I would call that progress.