Timeline for Sins of a User: I upvote low quality answers by new users to encourage them to contribute more...is this bad?
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| Jun 6, 2017 at 12:05 | comment | added | Pritt says Reinstate Monica | @chail10 I absolutely agree. Here are a few overconfident users with wrong answers. They have been downvoted to oblivion already, but have a read at their comments. | |
| May 29, 2017 at 15:46 | comment | added | chail10 | I think correction suggesting comments are far better than downvoting! But if someone become more adamant or overconfident with their answers, then downvotes can be cast! | |
| May 28, 2017 at 5:49 | history | edited | paracetamol | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 27, 2017 at 6:36 | comment | added | paracetamol | @air That pretty much sums up what I've been seeing on newbie posts too, they get waaaay to easily dowvoted. It's only when someone with high enough rep (and time to spare) actually reads the question and then voices his opinion on the excessive downvotes accumulated...that's when people really begin to take the question seriously. P.S- Where you around when this question was posted: chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/62934/…. The question had like, a '-7'...until Loong posted that awesome answer :D | |
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| May 26, 2017 at 20:08 | answer | added | jonsca | timeline score: 13 | |
| May 26, 2017 at 18:12 | comment | added | airhuff | Confessions: I've done the same, for the reasons you've described. Also, I actually think DVs without really good reason is more common with new users' questions. I've seen a lot of very basic but reasonable questions that get DVs for reasons I don't understand (yes, it is their right to DV). Sometimes an experienced user will comment "Why the DV's?", etc. Ivan is one whom I've seen do this a lot. Anyway, I do tend to UV acceptable, if borderline, questions by new users, and answers too, though less frequently, for the sake of encouragement. Sorry for the slight tangent from your question. | |
| May 26, 2017 at 17:43 | comment | added | Zhe | Ugh. I'm doing a very bad job at reading today. Unfortunately, answers are hard to improve unless you learn more chemistry. I don't have a good answer for this... | |
| May 26, 2017 at 17:17 | comment | added | Jon Custer | I guess that I would prefer that in addition to an upvote (should you choose), you might point out easy ways to improve on a so-so answer. Ultimately, if the answer really isn't good or useful, it should not be upvoted. | |
| May 26, 2017 at 15:53 | history | edited | paracetamol | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 26, 2017 at 15:51 | comment | added | Zhe | Fair point. Though if the question is bad, it's only a matter of time before the +1 becomes a -6... | |
| May 26, 2017 at 15:31 | comment | added | paracetamol | @Zhe I think there's a significant difference between a '0' and a '+1' ;) | |
| May 26, 2017 at 15:30 | history | edited | paracetamol | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 26, 2017 at 13:07 | comment | added | Zhe | You're just one vote, and I can't imagine that there's a big difference psychologically between a '-7' and a '-6.' I think a comment indicating where there is a problem or editing the question is more useful. Then you're either helping the user to accrue more up votes or helping them to understand how to not get so many down votes next time. What's really discouraging is when you get down voted a lot many times in a row... | |
| May 26, 2017 at 12:37 | history | edited | Berry Holmes |
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| May 26, 2017 at 11:22 | history | asked | paracetamol | CC BY-SA 3.0 |