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A suggestion box for downvotes (and upvotes, if necessary)?
Just to summarize points being made in the comments:
PM2Ring makes the point that down votes are not just for the OP.
The primary purpose of votes is to indicate the usefulness of a post to other …
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What differently can I do to be helpful to the community by answering?
I don't have the time to go look at your answers, but this happens all of the time.
Sometimes posters of questions are here for a quick answer. Once they see something they like they don't up vote or …
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Why is this question being downvoted?
Maybe certain users view it as a kind of "check my work problem" (I view it this way, hence my vote to close). You are asking others to check the work you are doing and compare it to / check the work …
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Downvoting costs one reputation point
If you down voted an answer then you lose 1 reputation point, which is only viewable to you. Since I can't see this on your own reputation page I'm guessing that's what happened. You will probably be …
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