down voting menace in code project
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I have seen that a lot of solutions/ tip & trick are downvoted by the users for no reasons. Its very discouraging to the users who research and post the answers. I observed many of the working solution are downvoted. Morever downvoting reduces more points than the user has received by posting the solution. My suggestion is that when some answer is downvoted, the voter should be made compulsory to enter the comments why the answer was downvoted. Also make him loose some points ( my suggestion is 2) for downvoting a solution.
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I have seen that a lot of solutions/ tip & trick are downvoted by the users for no reasons. Its very discouraging to the users who research and post the answers. I observed many of the working solution are downvoted. Morever downvoting reduces more points than the user has received by posting the solution. My suggestion is that when some answer is downvoted, the voter should be made compulsory to enter the comments why the answer was downvoted. Also make him loose some points ( my suggestion is 2) for downvoting a solution.
There are people who take pleasure in down voting, don't let it annoy you. If a post is genuinely bad it will attract a lot of negatives and rightly so. For a good post that gets a 1, it will normally receive a 5 from someone in recompense. On the whole if you keep posting good quality comments, then your reputation will reflect that.
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I have seen that a lot of solutions/ tip & trick are downvoted by the users for no reasons. Its very discouraging to the users who research and post the answers. I observed many of the working solution are downvoted. Morever downvoting reduces more points than the user has received by posting the solution. My suggestion is that when some answer is downvoted, the voter should be made compulsory to enter the comments why the answer was downvoted. Also make him loose some points ( my suggestion is 2) for downvoting a solution.
As you can see, some idiot downvoted your question. I have +5'ed it in compensation and trust one or two others will do the same.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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As you can see, some idiot downvoted your question. I have +5'ed it in compensation and trust one or two others will do the same.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
Thank you Nagy and Richard for encouraging me. And you are 100% right ; even if some of the ill minded users down vote the articles/solutions, in the long run only the working solutions will get the points. And if it really a good solution , then it will get a lot lot of points. I will try to post the best.. No doubt the good will always take over the evil.. :-D edit- In 6 hours, my suggestion received 2 times more upvotes than the downvotes. :)
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I have seen that a lot of solutions/ tip & trick are downvoted by the users for no reasons. Its very discouraging to the users who research and post the answers. I observed many of the working solution are downvoted. Morever downvoting reduces more points than the user has received by posting the solution. My suggestion is that when some answer is downvoted, the voter should be made compulsory to enter the comments why the answer was downvoted. Also make him loose some points ( my suggestion is 2) for downvoting a solution.
I've sent the member involved an email.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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As you can see, some idiot downvoted your question. I have +5'ed it in compensation and trust one or two others will do the same.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
5 to offset.
Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
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Thank you Nagy and Richard for encouraging me. And you are 100% right ; even if some of the ill minded users down vote the articles/solutions, in the long run only the working solutions will get the points. And if it really a good solution , then it will get a lot lot of points. I will try to post the best.. No doubt the good will always take over the evil.. :-D edit- In 6 hours, my suggestion received 2 times more upvotes than the downvotes. :)
Not only that, but sometimes it is the original question asker - they seem to think that it's 1 for good, and 5 for bad occasionally. If it is malicious, then the best thing to do it ignore it - if you let them know it annoys you, it gives them an incentive to continue. Requiring a reason isn't as helpful as you might think - there are enough sock puppet accounts already that could be used for that purpose: we don't need more.
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I've sent the member involved an email.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I have seen many 'platinum' members downvoting the best feasible posts/solutions. I am now sure that these guys do this just to gain reputation points. I suggest CP should not grant reputation points for downvoting.
You don't get rep points for downvoting.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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You don't get rep points for downvoting.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
