Questions tagged [down-votes]
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Are answers to off-topic questions worthy of downvotes and/or flags?
It's well established on SE sites that off-topic questions should not be answered. For example, see
Should we be answering questions that are off topic?
What are comments for, and when shouldn't I ...
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Where do we draw the line on product recommendations?
When an answer recommends a product, only recommends a product, but is a relevant and seemingly genuine recommendation rather than spam, is that an acceptable answer? And if not, which of downvoting, ...
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Immediately Down Voting New Users
I recently gained the privilege of reviewing new user's first posts. Several of them have been sparse, poorly written or didn't really constitute an answer at all (more of a comment, if that). I have ...
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Can anyone downvote on a question if they feel like it?
I have read a few questions on downvoting. There are a few people who downvote on a question, questions which at times don't need a reason to be downvoted. Since there is no reason justified in doing ...
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Request: Person must give reason for downvote
Asking effective questions is more of an art than a science.
I request new function - person must give reason for downvoting question
For instance, I believe my question is clear, yet someone is ...
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