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20 questions linked to/from We seem to be over-eager to downvote
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Why are there so many downvotes? [duplicate]
Is it because the quality of questions is low? Or is the Physics stackexchange a bit more hostile than other ones? Should the physics stackexchange community work harder on being more welcoming?
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2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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Why isn't bad content downvoted and commented on enough
In SE sites other than SO, there is a less strict "policy". Less down-votes, easier to up-vote, more "caring" people.
Good:
There is a big upside for an SE site to being less strict:
it promotes ...
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Increase weight of downvotes?
I am newer to the SE community so forgive any naivete. I suspect this is a recurring issue, but I regularly come across users whose reputation continually increases despite many incorrect, or ...
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Can I ask to have a block or left alone by a user?
I have a user who is always the first to close and down vote most if not all my work if you can call it that. I do not want him on my stuff. I truly feel harassed even though he has not really broke ...
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Do Physics Hot Network Questions help or harm the site?
There has been some small discussion in the comments of a recent post about Physics SE questions appearing in the list of Hot Network Questions (HNQ). It was also brought up that Physics SE can choose ...
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Why is Phys.SE so restrictive in the Q&A it is willing to accept?
There is already a Physics Overflow. Why then not being more lenient in the Q&A to be accepted in Phys.SE? Mathematics SE has 10 times as many questions. SO leads with +10M questions. Those other ...
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How many times can I down vote a particular user over in a given time frame?
There is a user who down votes 90% of the time and that is his privilege. How many time can I down vote him before I am interrupted?
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Rationale behind downvote button
First: as a new non-scientist member of Physics SE I want to say thank you for the wealth of knowledge, interest and patience with my ignorance I have encountered here.
Second: I was very surprised to ...
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The downvote option for questions should be removed?
This is not related to Physics obviously, but what I think is that the downvote option to questions on this website should be removed, as on asking a dumb question out of curiosity, the question is ...
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A request to the existing users on the issue of new users
I'm myself is not an old user but not a new user too. The Physics SE is a little different from other sites and even other Stackexchange sites, new users who come over here generally asks about a ...
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Are homework questions becoming more common?
After hearing that homework questions are far too common one too many times, I decided to take the initiative and try to prove whether homework questions are now the primary new content of the site.
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Do I have to award the bounty even if the answer does not deserve it and is downvoted?
Do I have to award the bounty even if the answer does not deserve it and is downvoted? This is in relation to this question of mine where there is only one and that too downvoted answer..
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Understanding down votes on answers
I recently received two down votes in one day on an answer that was submitted more than a year ago (accepted answer), unfortunately without any comments. At the same time as the down votes, the ...
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Please down vote questions carefully
First, valid points are made in both Down-voting questions: Please state your rationale and Snobs and down-voters. That is, we need down votes because they discourage poor posts. And it is helpful to ...
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