Timeline for Massive downvotes of some questions
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Oct 18, 2017 at 9:45 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | I previously pointed out that an already existing low score may actually be a deterrent for some voters, though I argue one shouldn't let that get in the way as well. | |
| Oct 17, 2017 at 18:21 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | @annav a 14yr old or anyone at any age... | |
| Oct 16, 2017 at 10:40 | comment | added | anna v | @DavidZ Let us disagree, so be it. I have no investment in the site but to the physics and the people themselves asking or answering. The voting system takes care of the value of the question, which is fine. I just think that a 14 year old interested in physics should be shown where his/her misundertandings lie, so that they might appreciate physics and keep on studying. | |
| Oct 16, 2017 at 9:21 | comment | added | David Z Mod | @annav I strongly disagree. Not to get into an extended discussion about it here, but this site is meant to be a resource for readers more than for askers. (This ties into why we view asking good questions as contributing to the site, rather than gaining a benefit from the site.) If a young person asks a bad question, that's just as bad for us as if an older person does. If we don't give them the same response, what benefit do we get in exchange for taking the "hit" on a bad question asked by a young person? | |
| Oct 15, 2017 at 16:50 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | @JMac Although I generally agree with you, one can wonder if it is constructive to cast the $n+1$ downvote (with $n$ suitably large) if this leads to no improvement of the site. Granted there are some turkeys that deserve no mercy, but those are not all posts that are massively downvotes. I think anna v’s comment indicates there is room for nuance (although for me age is not something I would consider.) | |
| Oct 14, 2017 at 6:03 | comment | added | anna v | This is too absolute "If the post deserves to be downvoted, downvote it. If it doesn't, don't downvote it" and there should be an exception for young new users. I always check the age of the poster and most often "stupid" questions and answers are due to the below 18 yrs age of the poster. One should try to be gentle in explaining and try to educate the young ( which is one reason I often answer questions with close votes, hedging my bets by putting in a place holder answer which can be edited after closure comes. | |
| Oct 12, 2017 at 18:58 | vote | accept | ZeroTheHero | ||
| Oct 11, 2017 at 20:21 | comment | added | Massimo Ortolano | @DavidZ I'll try to write a meta post about that over the weekend. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 18:39 | comment | added | JMac | @MassimoOrtolano I'm not sure if I agree with that philosophy, mostly because I think that's a slippery slope. Changing voting habits because of other votes cast creates a more subjective voting technique. It is no longer about the content; but about how the community has already dealt with the content. If you think a question is bad, it shouldn't matter if 5 other people think it's bad. Then we create a system with feedback loops; are people voting up because there are too many downvotes; are people voting down because they don't think the Q/A is that good, etc. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 18:37 | comment | added | David Z Mod | @MassimoOrtolano I think discussing whether we should do that would be a suitable topic for a new meta post. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 15:43 | comment | added | Massimo Ortolano | About the last paragraph, some communities had meta discussions suggesting to avoid to excessively downvote new user's questions, unless really bad, to avoid discouraging participation (I generally agree with this nice suggestion). | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 15:11 | comment | added | Emilio Pisanty | Additional meta link on point 1: meta.stackexchange.com/q/62729. (You'd think these would be easier to find.) | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 15:08 | history | answered | ACuriousMindMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |