Questions tagged [down-votes]

The tag has no usage guidance.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
-2 votes
1 answer
124 views

How is my question off topic when I'm asking what would be the outcome of a particular experiment and what would the results mean?

My question here was recently closed marked as off topic and not main stream physics and serially downvoted with no one even understanding the question in my opinion. I don't think this is fair. I ...
Hari Kumar's user avatar
4 votes
2 answers
149 views

Is this "serial downvoting"?

I'm just now looking at my recent reputation changes and I see eight downvotes on various different answers I posted over seemingly one single day. I'm wondering if this is serial downvoting by a ...
hft's user avatar
  • 17.5k
-6 votes
2 answers
203 views

Question still attracting downvotes

It is the same question which I have mentioned at On-topic question about wavelengths. It took several edits for the question to be reopened. Yet, my question has 6 downvotes and 1 upvote. Apart from ...
Arunabh Bhattacharya's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
81 views

Is the voting format of SE which confuses "like" with "correct" appropriate for physics

I will give an example of a negative vote I just got. My problem with this vote is that I do not think anything is wrong in the physics of my answer. I accept that the reader does not "like"...
anna v's user avatar
  • 232k
2 votes
1 answer
191 views

Should editors share the punishment for downvotes?

I recently edited a closed question by another user, in an attempt to reopen the question. For that I had to somewhat modify the question, by removing fluff like 'please answer this' but also adding ...
peep's user avatar
  • 715
-2 votes
2 answers
155 views

Why do we still apply the homework policy even when there are many opposite opinions?

Every question marked as "homework-like" will be pointed to How Do I Ask Homework Questions on Physics Stack Exchange. There are a lot of opposite opinions under the highest answer. Why do ...
IvanaGyro's user avatar
  • 257
1 vote
1 answer
201 views

Strange triple downvote on my (well-received) question

Could someone tell me why this question received 3 downvotes yesterday? I really thought it was well asked, it surprises me. Moreover, it received 3 upvotes before, so I believed it was alright. "...
Emile Couzin's user avatar
-1 votes
3 answers
441 views

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 ...
erik m's user avatar
  • 1,153
1 vote
3 answers
180 views

Why is the question on wifi being a force being downvoted so much?

An hour ago, the question Can (and should) wifi internet be considered a force? was asked, and it already has 5 downvotes as of me writing this post. The absence of close votes suggests other users ...
Níckolas Alves's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
177 views

My answer got me -15 points! Why?

My answer got me -15 points. Was the OP booted off the site, or what? I am just wondering.
niels nielsen's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
94 views

Why is this specific question on particle physics being downvoted?

I just found and answered this question on why some particles are defined with square roots in their expressions. It has a bunch of downvotes, but the comments doesn't seem to clarify the reason for ...
Níckolas Alves's user avatar
-7 votes
1 answer
143 views

Do you think downvote feedbacks would contribute to the site?

This topic was discussed many times before but I hope to inspect it a bit differently. I think it would be awesome if everybody knew why a question was down-voted. That way everyone could see the ...
Xfce4's user avatar
  • 720
5 votes
3 answers
165 views

How do I write better answers?

I haven't written many answers, but after I have identified what the user is asking, I usually go with a conversational tone, going over whatever has a question mark over it and any context supporting ...
Reet Jaiswal's user avatar
-11 votes
2 answers
130 views

Should we downvote answers that begin with "I think..."?

People often speculate rather than answer. If you think you know the answer then you don't.
Some Student's user avatar
  • 1,297
0 votes
0 answers
81 views

Why downvotes to question? [duplicate]

I have been hanging around physics SE for quite a while. I am just a student who craves for some knowledge in mathematics and physics and thus I joined SE. I am not an expert. But to my questions, I ...
Kavin Ishwaran's user avatar
-2 votes
2 answers
154 views

Serial voting: procedure for to advise the managers of the SE site

I would like to find out information about voting behaviour against me on this site (Main and/or Meta). Does such information exist? If so, where can I find it? A stalker or more stalkers on Stack ...
Sebastiano's user avatar
  • 2,464
2 votes
2 answers
497 views

What should I do if my answer to a question has a downvote for no reason defined?

What should I do if my answer to a question has a downvote for no reason defined? I do agree if there is maybe some mistake in my answer but I am not able to find. Then, yes. I agree with the downvote....
S.M.T's user avatar
  • 294
1 vote
1 answer
108 views

Why did someone downvote my question without reading it completely?

I had asked this question today. Within 20 seconds someone had downvoted the question. Here's the proof: It's not possible for a person to read the whole question in 20 seconds. So why did they down-...
user avatar
-4 votes
1 answer
163 views

Misuse of downvoting

I think this question is unsuitable for this site as opinion-based, and should be closed. Yet, at the time of writing it has only one closure vote (mine), but 6 downvotes. I think this is indicative ...
Roger V.'s user avatar
  • 57.4k
1 vote
1 answer
67 views

Are downvotes (on the meta side) regarded as a (negative) answer to your question (on which you can answer yes or no)?

In this question I asked whether it is a good thing to edit a question with the purpose of downvoting it. It got downvoted 7 times (up till now). This was written: Downvotes on Meta are different ...
Deschele Schilder's user avatar
-7 votes
1 answer
106 views

Is it okay to edit a question (on the main site) to downvote it after you initially upvoted it?

On the PSE main site (so not on this site), I normally never downvote a question or answer, but sometimes you change your thought about this (after upvoting). Is it okay to edit (when I wanted to ...
Deschele Schilder's user avatar
-10 votes
1 answer
105 views

Temporal coincidences of negative votes

Is it possible that a user after just a few minutes that I have been logged on Physics.SE contextually receives a negative vote? Is it possible that a user who has a high number of reputation can have ...
Sebastiano's user avatar
  • 2,464
2 votes
3 answers
202 views

A downvoted question vs. a very well-received duplicate version of the same question!

Some months ago I asked a question entitled The "Satellite Paradox": Twin paradox in orbiting satellites, and a duplicate version entitled Special Relativity in Free Fall has recently ...
Mohammad Javanshiry's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
120 views

We can see downvotes on answers by seeing the reputation of a user

If I downvote an answer there is a -1 reputation change. Even though, downvotes and upvotes are supposed to be anonymous. There is a slight chance that user might visit my profile and can see my -1 ...
Danny LeBeau's user avatar
  • 1,163
-5 votes
1 answer
231 views

Why has my question from October 16, 2019 been downvoted? [closed]

One of my questions from October 16, 2019, Why is the ångström not a metric unit? And why is the ångström spelled with the Swedish/Finnish letters "å" and "&#...
Arunabh Bhattacharya's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
71 views

What can I do to improve this question which I posted?

Recently I posted this question about Stefan-Boltzmann law which ended up getting three downvotes over the days. So, I'm wondering what exactly I did wrong. I had asked for help from a friend and ...
tryst with freedom's user avatar
0 votes
3 answers
170 views

Understanding the voting process

I'm quite puzzled as to why this answer I wrote got three downvotes (here). The OP's question indicates they had a fundamental misunderstanding and probably got lost while self-studying the subject. ...
tryst with freedom's user avatar
-3 votes
1 answer
83 views

Why do I get a -1 point every time I downvote a post?

Do you lose reputation for downvoting?
tryst with freedom's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
131 views

Re-asking this specific reference request [duplicate]

A few days ago, I requested reference for TVMF. Unfortunately, this question was downvoted without a reason specified giving no space to improve and inappropriately making the question potentially ...
Dorothea's user avatar
  • 180
7 votes
2 answers
128 views

What differently can I do to be helpful to the community by answering?

When I joined Stack Exchange I started answering questions and gained a positive response from the community. But these days, I don't feel like my answers help anyone anymore. If you look into my ...
Vamsi Krishna's user avatar
-8 votes
3 answers
158 views

Have we thought about replacing the negative 'downvoting' of questions with a positive 'requesting clarification'?

Facebook eliminated the dislike for a reason. My personal experience is just wanting to quit after a question gets to -3 for reasons unknown. Downvoting of a question is an inherently negative ...
user avatar
2 votes
2 answers
139 views

Why is this question being downvoted?

Can a harmonic oscillator have different maximum potential and kinetic energy? What should I do to make it upvoted? Was I not clear in the question or what is it? I haven't particularly asked help ...
tryst with freedom's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
136 views

A suggestion box for downvotes (and upvotes, if necessary)? [duplicate]

I think that the main reason for a downvote is to convey that a post is not up to the mark, or does not show proper effort on behalf of the person who posted it. In other words, a downvoted post has ...
Elendil's user avatar
  • 1,355
-4 votes
3 answers
139 views

Instead of just down-voting a new post, can't the same person care to explain why? [duplicate]

I have a question about my Physics Stack Exchange post: How to exactly evaluate the Magnetic Field associated with the given Electric Field in a lossy medium? My question here is that instead of just ...
Firebolt's user avatar
2 votes
2 answers
238 views

Serial downvoting of my old question [duplicate]

I am banned from asking questions on the main site due to the previous four questions. I wrote them when I just joined the site almost one year ago, but in recent days I am getting downvoted on my ...
आर्यभट्ट's user avatar
-1 votes
1 answer
96 views

Downvoting costs one reputation point

Today I downvoted an answer and flagged it, too. Now I get negative scores. Presumably, because I wrote a comment on a bad answer, which is downvoted by others too. Although, I do not care too much ...
Semoi's user avatar
  • 8,664
-4 votes
1 answer
114 views

Anonymous comment feature to explain anonymous downvote? [duplicate]

Recently my questions were downvoted, though the reason for such is unknown to me (also it's not quite a big deal for me) but I believe that if the downvoter had given me some suggestions for ...
user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
228 views

Reason behind my negative user experience?

Let me first begin by saying my overall user experience on the Physics Stack Exchange site has been wonderful. According to this it is okay to downvote poorly written questions. Now in the past I've ...
More Anonymous's user avatar
-12 votes
1 answer
175 views

Fast successive upvotes and downvotes: Is critical thinking forbidden here? [closed]

There is recently an odd reaction to my questions/answers. I see when somebody dislikes any, it is straightforwardly downvoted $-$ probably by somebody else. Or, when I ask a challenging question, in ...
Mohammad Javanshiry's user avatar
-3 votes
3 answers
193 views

Am I getting serially downvoted?

Why does frictional force cause a car to move? Also, is friction a reaction force? There is the above link for the question to which I answered. I don't find the reason for the answer to be downvoted....
Shreyansh Pathak's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
133 views

How can answerers learn, if the downvotes on their answers are not justified?

I am not going to link the specific answer that prompted me to write this post because I want to make a general point. I am aware of the policy of not forcing users to comment when they downvote, as ...
SuperCiocia's user avatar
  • 24.3k
0 votes
1 answer
81 views

Error in grammar/distribution of votes

Recently, I came across an incident in which I flagged a question as it was unclear. But, the message reads: Put on hold as unclear what you are asking. Even, I suffered a deduction of 2 votes. When I ...
Shishir Maharana's user avatar
9 votes
2 answers
455 views

Does serial downvoting mean that my answers are bad?

I am getting serially downvoted now. Five questions were downvoted in short order. Are the answers I gave so bad? See: Links to the answers: https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/486605/ https://...
user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
111 views

My question was downvoted without a reason [closed]

Does Fisher Information quantify only the precision of the instrument? I had asked a question recently. There were some comments by someone named Solar Mike. On repeatedly asking him/her on ...
Chetan Waghela's user avatar
-1 votes
2 answers
169 views

Should it be mandatory that close votes be accompanied by comments?

I have read the help page various times to get help with asking questions. While that helped, I still sometimes find my questions downvoted or voted to close. That is without explanation. That leaves ...
Alex Doe's user avatar
  • 1,025
1 vote
1 answer
101 views

Why am I shown a banner which suggests I add a comment whenever I downvote?

This question is obsolete, as explained. After asking about why it was not encouraged to ask downvoters to give a reason, I received a number of firm answers that contain a lot of good reasons (and ...
Winston's user avatar
  • 3,216
-3 votes
1 answer
145 views

Why this answer was downvoted?

Hello everyone I want to know that the answer (link given below) was almost complete and correct I think that the answer didn't require any update but why it was downvoted? https://physics....
user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
207 views

Is this a bad question? Or a poor fit for this site?

I wrote this question yesterday, and it got a downvote. I'm not unhappy about it, but I feel that I don't understand why. Is my question not relevant for this site? I have almost no formal ...
user151841's user avatar
  • 1,467
5 votes
2 answers
228 views

Should One Downvote a Question While Voting to Close It?

The title pretty much conveys what I want to ask but I would elaborate a bit. If a question is appropriate to be closed due to either of the listed reasons for a question to be closed, should one also ...
user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
167 views

I am not able to understand what should I do on this question to avoid it from being downvoted?

Please help me understanding about How I should improve my questions like this- How does torque operate? What will be going on with disc? from being downvoted? I think I have given the specific ...
jayant98's user avatar
  • 141