Timeline for Should we create a separate camera gear recommendation site?
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| Jan 7, 2011 at 19:12 | comment | added | chills42 Mod | Penalties for downvotes aren't that bad (-1 or -2), and if the user is still active, then they will be notified if a comment is also made (which is a normal practice when downvoting). That would give the person a chance to either A) update the answer to keep it up to date or B) delete the out of date answer. | |
| Jan 5, 2011 at 19:39 | comment | added | mattdm | Also, downvoting penalizes the questioner, which is unfair if they asked a perfectly valid question a year ago. | |
| Jan 5, 2011 at 19:15 | comment | added | Jay Lance Photography | Hmmm... I'm late to the party on this topic having just discovered meta, but I don't necessarily agree that the community will simply downvote questions that are out of date later on down the line. After all, the system is tuned such that there is a 'cost' to downvoting, which kinda discourages the practice of going back and cleaning up posts that have become out of date... | |
| Dec 16, 2010 at 20:29 | comment | added | cabbey | I'm not sure it's that big of a problem. If the answer becomes out of date, but the question is still relevant, a new, better answer will arise. The old answer will eventually get down voted as folks realize it's out of date, and the new answer will get up votes. If the question is no longer relevant with next year's version, then it won't really matter. | |
| Dec 16, 2010 at 14:08 | comment | added | mattdm | This is a problem with all of the technical Stack Exchange sites as well. The answer for the current version of Ubuntu or Fedora may very well be completely off-base for next spring's release. I agree it's an issue, though — as I say in the question above, that's actually one of my reasons for thinking a separate site would be good. | |
| Dec 16, 2010 at 12:26 | history | answered | AJ Finch | CC BY-SA 2.5 |