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Prevent comments when downvoting
There have been numerous posts (here on MSE, on MSO, and other meta sites) requesting some form of explanation with downvotes. Although most curators are quite sceptical that any such scheme would be ...
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Prompt to specify downvote reason but allow to keep downvotes anonymous [duplicate]
Recently @Catija replied to my answer (If more users could vote, would they engage more? Testing 1 reputation voting on some sites) about mandatory downvote reason (especially for 1+ rep users).
“I'd ...
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What should one do if they are being targeted by a single individual? [duplicate]
For the past few months, every one of my questions (total of eight) have been downvoted almost immediately after posting. If they are poorly written questions or even if asking a question for ...
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Can clicking on a negatively-received post remove the graying-out on both the content *and* the comments?
This post was marked status-completed – and it is, to a degree. But clicking on a post with a score of −3 (or −7) or lower doesn't remove the grayness on the comments underneath the post, only the ...
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Implicitly start following by downvote
I read Encouraging people to explain downvotes, its answers, some of the comments and later searching for it: I didn't find anyone mentioning the Follow feature that's available since March (updated ...
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How to deal with nonsensical answers?
Sometimes when I ask a question, I get an answer which is very weird or even blatantly false (at least I think so).
On one hand, it should probably go in the red as it may lead some users astray (...
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How can I associate a downvote with an already existing comment? [duplicate]
I am not sure whether this is a help request or a feature request, so I'm (at first) asking for help.
Often, when I downvote a question/answer and a message "Please consider adding a comment if ...
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Cannot make a comment that contains the characters "-1"
I was trying to comment on this question. I did not downvote the question, but the comment was rejected on the grounds that I should not comment on my downvote. I was using -1 in the context of the ...
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How many posts are downvoted without a comment?
A returning theme on our beautiful and productive Meta sites is the topic on downvoting without leaving a comment. Yes, that is a bit cheeky and admit it: you've done that as well.
In a recent post ...
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Making valid use of comments containing "-1"
I am trying to check if there are good/valid uses of "-1" comments.
I know this is not valid:
-1: Bad post.
But is this okay?
With all due respect, I don't think this is a very helpful ...
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Why is the site so set on putting down new users?
Disclaimer:
If I mention any users in this post, I am not attacking them personally. I do not know them and think that they are good people.
I am slightly new to this site, why is it that so many ...
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Given the positive "public opinion" on explaining downvotes, why is it disallowed? [duplicate]
See this question:
Encouraging people to explain downvotes
considering the opinions expressed in there, I don't understand why downvote-explaining comments are disallowed:
Not every downvote can be ...
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Feature Request: Require comment for downvotes if user reaches reputation threshold [duplicate]
So the idea behind this is quite simple, and I have also not seen any similar solution suggested in meta(after a quick search). Succinctly, I have seen both on my answers and questions(as has anyone) ...
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VoteTypeIds in the context of Comments for StackOverflow Posts
Known information:
As per this answer comments can't be downvoted.
VoteTypeId 3 means downvote on a given post. referred answer
My Assumption: Comments should not be downvoted and therefore Votes ...
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Why isn't it required to provide comments/feedback for downvotes, and why are proposals suggesting this so negatively received?
Sometimes my post receives downvotes with no explanation on what I've done wrong. Even worse, sometimes I just get snarky comments!
It seems like this is especially bad for new users, who are made to ...