Questions tagged [down-votes]
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Can a new user downvote answers, and is that flagged as question activity?
On the main photo.stackexchange.com page, I see a list of Top Questions, ordered by activity. Today, I noticed a question in the list that I answered back in 2018:
Where can I find the old (free) ...
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Why is my answer downvoted while another answer I think is wrong upvoted?
Can someone explain me the behavior of crowd when there are mostly downvotes because of one sentence in answer. And from other site wrong and misleading answer (also one sentence) get only upvotes
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Is systematically downvoting the posts of some person who downvoted you permitted?
I downvoted on an answer few days ago, explaining carefully in a comment why I think the answer is incorrect. My votes are 72 up / 2 down. Today, I noticed my reputation on the site has gone down by ...
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Is it appropriate to downvote well-meaning, on-topic questions that don't fit the Stack Exchange format?
Case in point, Inspiring biographies of photographers, which asks:
Just asking, also for future reference:
Have you read any inspiring biographies on photographers? Which ones do you recommend?...
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Please stop downvoting perfectly good questions about actual photography
Arrrgh. How to decide whether a portrait should be in color or black and white? is short and has some degree of subjectivity, but it's worded well¹, is on-topic, and is perfectly answerable. Yet, it ...
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What’s up with all the DV?
However it seems that every post I write every answer I contribute gets quickly DV and my Q put on hold.
I didn’t contribute till a few days ago, and had 100 by association, I if read my page ...
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Why is it ok to down vote facts?
I have make factual statements anyone can find doing the research themselves.
However, I have also been down voted for making those factual statements, how is this in any way helpful or positive?
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I downvoted an answer in error and would like to undo that. Can I, and how?
I downvoted an answer in error - due to my own misunderstanding of the question. I realised very quickly that I should undo my vote, but evidently not within the 5-minute window allowed for this. Is ...
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Macro shot Q - Why the downvotes?
I found it odd that this question Were the snowflake photos said to be taken with a compact camera + reversed SLR lens really taken that way? (which isn't mine) picked up a number of downvotes. And I'...
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Mass down vote apparently in retaliation - Inappropriate behaviour
I asked a question and got no answers, then I offered a bounty on my question and someone replied, but his answer was not good for me. I comment and explained why it was not good and then in return ...
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Do Meta Stack Overflow conventions apply in Meta Photo?
Comments attached to Deleting answers to questions indicate that there may be some confusion about what a downvote on a meta post means. On Meta Stack Overflow a downvote generally indicates ...
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Why reputation decreased by 1 on down-vote?
Lately I noticed, when I downvote a answer(Which according to me is poor) my reputation is reduced by 1. Is this a standard procedure or something wrong with my downvotes?
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How should I respond to someone says "Did you down vote me"?
What is the proper response to someone who says "Did you down vote me?".
I know I'm supposed to write a comment when I down vote anyone, but I don't know how should I respond to the down vote ...
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Downvotes. Why? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it poor ettiquette to downvote without leaving a comment?
People are getting down-votes on their posts and there is no explanation. Nobody learns from this. This hasn't ...
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We're a small community who needs lots more regulars, let's go easy on the downvoting...
Sigh I don't know if this is a question as much as it is a comment... Sadly I suspect that those who will take the time to read my comment (e.g. those of us that check out Meta) are probably not ...
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