Timeline for Massive downvotes of some questions
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| Oct 16, 2017 at 8:55 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/919849354965540864 | ||
| Oct 15, 2017 at 22:58 | comment | added | Alfred Centauri | "where is the line between being dissatisfied with a specific question and downright discouraging new users?" - The first question I answered on a stack exchange site (the EE site, not the physics site) got massively downvoted and eventually deleted and, to be sure, the downvotes were deserved; I didn't do my homework on what is expected of an answer on the stack exchange network. The point I'm attempting to make is that the answer to "where is the line" is "according to whom?". | |
| Oct 12, 2017 at 18:58 | vote | accept | ZeroTheHero | ||
| Oct 11, 2017 at 19:58 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | @Countto10 yeah no mercy for the real turkeys, we all agree on this. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 19:54 | comment | added | user171879 | If it's a really bad question, in the sense that the homework rules have been blatantly ignored, or it's near, (or actually) trolling, I will d/v, other I will try a comment. But I think the real reason is that it's the annoyance of users and the opportunity to vent about bad questions in general. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 15:21 | comment | added | peterh | @ACuriousMind Tyvm - I didn't follow the changes of the help pages very carefully, only the relevant meta SE posts and the general dynamics of the communities and the applied rules. Although I estimated only 2-4 months for the automatic lift time, at the time even that wasn't known that there is a timeout. My other conjecture ;-) is that only a few (maybe only 2-3) upvotes to the edited, negative-scored posts are enough to lift the ban. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 15:16 | comment | added | ACuriousMind Mod | @peterh There's no need to be all conspiratorial about SE "insiders" "admitting" there's a timeout to the question ban: The help center page on question bans straight up tells you that the ban is lifted after 6 months. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 15:08 | answer | added | ACuriousMindMod | timeline score: 17 | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 15:08 | comment | added | JMac | Questions with a score below a threshold (-3 I think?) no longer show up on the main page as new questions. That's a reason at least. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:49 | comment | added | peterh | @EmilioPisanty Exactly, these are my speculations, and these speculations are often just so useful as the long rulebooks of the meta sites, despite that I have mostly few to support them. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:48 | comment | added | Emilio Pisanty | @peterh So long as you brand all speculation as such, sure. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:47 | comment | added | peterh | @EmilioPisanty As the SE doesn't disclose the details, there are only speculations. And there I am here, watching the SE carefully and collecting all small information part since years. Furthermore, I think I have an experience, how such big complex IT/human systems work and it makes for me possible to give useful estimations. For example, I predicted much earlier that there is also a timeout rule in the Q/A-ban lifting, that an SE insider admitted it in a since then deleted comment. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:45 | comment | added | peterh | @peterh is here that it is much easier to lift the Q-ban as it seems. Going to the meta, asking them how to fix, and following their advices probably enough. 3) there is also a timeout, maybe a half year or after a year, the q-ban is lifted. | I think you get banned faster with -10 as with -3. This downvoted/closed/deleted calculation is only one of what the system does. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:44 | comment | added | Emilio Pisanty | @peterh I'm reasonably sure Zero's point is right there. For the areas you mention, the criterion tends to be "the post has negative score" without distinguishing the -1s from the -200s. Without any evidence, it's all speculation there. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:43 | comment | added | peterh | I am not sure, but as I can remember, 3 things are considered: 1) question score is negative, 2) question is closed 3) question is deleted. Thus, a downvoted, closed and deleted question counts with 3 black points, while an only downvoted with only 1. The SE doesn't say the exact details of the bans. There are rumors. The most important things: 1) Q-banned user has to undelete the questions he deleted (so they will count only with -2), and working on to edit them 2) if somehow (s)he can collect a few upvotes for them, maybe only 2-3 is enough, then the Q-ban will be lifted. The trick | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:38 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | @peterh Do you get banned "faster" if you score -10 rather than -3 on your first question? | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:36 | comment | added | peterh | Yes, many downvoted/closed/deleted questions can lead to a question ban. There is the same ruleset for answers. Furthermore, people fighting effectively to avoid the Q/A ban, but still contributes LQ posts, can get suspension. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:25 | history | edited | QmechanicMod |
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| Oct 11, 2017 at 14:19 | history | asked | ZeroTheHero | CC BY-SA 3.0 |