Timeline for Don't post "never happened to me" answers
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| May 16, 2023 at 1:12 | comment | added | anon | @Ramound wrote: it will take a very long time to effect their ability to submit answers ............ It will not take much longer. 90% of my work in the last 2 weeks has gone down the sewer. It will soon be over. | |
| May 11, 2023 at 8:59 | comment | added | Destroy666 | Because what's the point of keeping unwanted answers that are wrong/don't meet standards and noone corrects them on top? They'll just get downvoted further and some desperate people looking for solutions may try to use them anyways if nothing else works for them. Mass spamming these is more of an issue here. Perhaps a limitation of removing downvoted answers per e.g. week could be helpful and then people would think if it's worth to post next similar ones. | |
| May 11, 2023 at 8:55 | comment | added | Destroy666 | Constant downvoting without explantation is way more toxic than overreacting to a criticizing opinion, IMO, especially if the criticism itself could be a lot nicer. Well, as long as the overreaction isn't insultive ofc. Especially if you downvote newcomers that may not be aware of what's welcome and what's less - I had ~3/5 of initial answers downvoted with no comment and could have easily resigned. Downvoting more experienced people is more understandable as they should have learned at some point, however, don't be surprised that they withdraw answers then. | |
| May 10, 2023 at 5:55 | comment | added | gronostaj | @n8te Sometimes it's undeserved, but sometimes indeed the comment is toxic. I've spent over 10 years on SU, I try to always leave a downvote comment unless it's something obvious and I recall only a couple indignant users. | |
| May 10, 2023 at 0:46 | comment | added | Gantendo | @Destroy666 "People always cry about receiving downvotes without comment, but then you comment and get called toxic. You can't win." -- n8te | |
| May 9, 2023 at 0:24 | comment | added | Destroy666 | Honestly, there's a lot wrong with the flow of StackExchange websites. E.g. a person posts generic wrong answer -> gets downvoted without any correction -> deletes the answer -> doesn't know what's wrong and posts a comment under question with wrong info asking why they were downvoted instead -> the person downvoting may just not care and leave the comment hanging, because why would they comment below that if they didn't bother earlier? Most of these can be avoided, but nope, the system and people let that happen easily. | |
| May 4, 2023 at 19:28 | comment | added | Spencer | Frankly, this needs to be on MSE because Super User isn't the only stack this happens on. Not by a long shot. | |
| Apr 30, 2023 at 13:21 | comment | added | anon | I was talking about a user who routinely deletes their answers [that are wrong] ...... I am the only member that matches this description so far as I know. ... Downvote / deletion for every day I have been a member (over 1,000) | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 17:14 | comment | added | Ramhound | @Gantendo - I was talking about a user who routinely deletes their answers the moment they receive feedback or a downvote that suggests the answer isn’t technically accurate. Since they submit so many answers, and most don’t get deleted, it will take a very long time to effect their ability to submit answers | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 14:08 | comment | added | user152004 | Related What details do you need? Or please stop voting to close as “Needs details or clarity”! | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 10:50 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | We can't stop users deleting their answers if they so choose, but if they are down voted then those users should eventually get banned from answering. You can also mod flag so we can take a look ... | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 8:22 | comment | added | Gantendo | @Ramhound Who is out there recommending everyone simply buy a more expensive pc? Whats the point of complaining about that if that person won't read meta? Are there more than 1 people who do that? A very confusing post, when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain like me. | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 7:32 | history | became hot meta post | |||
| Apr 29, 2023 at 6:56 | comment | added | Kamil Maciorowski | "if you feel the need to delete an answer almost immediately after receiving a downvote" – It can be worse. More than once I've seen this followed by a comment like "I wrote a very good answer for you but it was downvoted and had to be deleted", as if the deletion was because of the site policy or somebody else's decision, not the author's. | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 5:33 | comment | added | gronostaj | @JourneymanGeek I'd rather not point my finger at anybody. If they don't read meta, they'll get a comment with a link | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 0:13 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | Also... would people who do such things actually read meta? | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 0:13 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | Some examples would be nice! Or if its a non answer, flag it. I really don't have enough to to write an answer so I'll comment | |
| Apr 28, 2023 at 22:15 | comment | added | Ramhound | Sadly I know who this question is directed towards. | |
| Apr 28, 2023 at 21:18 | history | asked | gronostaj | CC BY-SA 4.0 |