Downvoting questions in "Quick Answers"
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The down-voting demon is back in Quick Answers - virtually an entire page of grey links. No comments as to why the question has been down voted either (again).
Are well-deserving questions being downvoted, or just poor questions? (My quick check seemed to suggest that there is a member methodically downvoting poor questions)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Are well-deserving questions being downvoted, or just poor questions? (My quick check seemed to suggest that there is a member methodically downvoting poor questions)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Is that same person also downvoting legitimate answers? Examples in here[^]
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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Are well-deserving questions being downvoted, or just poor questions? (My quick check seemed to suggest that there is a member methodically downvoting poor questions)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I've seen quite a few poor questions downvoted to be fair, but others where the OP just didn't phrase themselves that well - in many cases I was in the process of responding when the question got downvoted - I was starting to get paranoid that I was hitting something
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Is that same person also downvoting legitimate answers? Examples in here[^]
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier -
Is that same person also downvoting legitimate answers? Examples in here[^]
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easierI'm not sure that's a legit question "How to solve Sql Injection in sqlserver2008R2 with parameterized quries and asp.net" That's not a question. That's a very broad (and deep) topic. He's not asking for help to get started, he's not asking for help on a specific piece of code. He's not actually even specifying a language or data access pattern.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'm not sure that's a legit question "How to solve Sql Injection in sqlserver2008R2 with parameterized quries and asp.net" That's not a question. That's a very broad (and deep) topic. He's not asking for help to get started, he's not asking for help on a specific piece of code. He's not actually even specifying a language or data access pattern.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I'm talking about the downvotes on the answers - not the question. You're right, the question is pants, but the answers appear to be an honest and decent attempt to provide meaningful information.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier -
I've seen quite a few poor questions downvoted to be fair, but others where the OP just didn't phrase themselves that well - in many cases I was in the process of responding when the question got downvoted - I was starting to get paranoid that I was hitting something
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I'm talking about the downvotes on the answers - not the question. You're right, the question is pants, but the answers appear to be an honest and decent attempt to provide meaningful information.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easierAh, sorry. Yeah.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Are well-deserving questions being downvoted, or just poor questions? (My quick check seemed to suggest that there is a member methodically downvoting poor questions)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
There does seem to be a little bit of one-up-man-ship going on. I do find it ironic that some of the responders slag off the OPs but I can't understand half of what the responders are saying! Sometimes this forum feels like an old-boys-club "aren't we clever and they are stupid" I actually joined CP to learn ... and to share my years of experience (ok I'm a newbie in c#) ... saw the point of it (CP) ... so so so disappointed that members have let you down really. However I do laugh my socks off daily at one particular "respected" (read mega "points" for pointless posts) poster who is rude beyond belief :)
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Is that same person also downvoting legitimate answers? Examples in here[^]
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easierdown vote is still in action both the answer and question gets down voted Assign objects of class to elements of array and a for loop to call elements of array[^] I see a -2 rep points on my rep history so I believe its definitely a low profile user spoiling the QA forum. any chance to track them?
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There does seem to be a little bit of one-up-man-ship going on. I do find it ironic that some of the responders slag off the OPs but I can't understand half of what the responders are saying! Sometimes this forum feels like an old-boys-club "aren't we clever and they are stupid" I actually joined CP to learn ... and to share my years of experience (ok I'm a newbie in c#) ... saw the point of it (CP) ... so so so disappointed that members have let you down really. However I do laugh my socks off daily at one particular "respected" (read mega "points" for pointless posts) poster who is rude beyond belief :)
Hey I couldn't agree more, there are a few members who are just down voting a lot of questions/Answers just for the sake of it. If you don't think it's a good question or a good answer why is there such a need to down vote?? Just don't reply and move on. At the end of the day we are all here to learn off one another not ridicule those who try to help or need to be helped.
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There does seem to be a little bit of one-up-man-ship going on. I do find it ironic that some of the responders slag off the OPs but I can't understand half of what the responders are saying! Sometimes this forum feels like an old-boys-club "aren't we clever and they are stupid" I actually joined CP to learn ... and to share my years of experience (ok I'm a newbie in c#) ... saw the point of it (CP) ... so so so disappointed that members have let you down really. However I do laugh my socks off daily at one particular "respected" (read mega "points" for pointless posts) poster who is rude beyond belief :)
Ahhh, I know exactly who you're talking about. He's the same reason I don't answer many questions in Q and A anymore - I couldn't take the "hey look at my post instead" attitude. Good for you wanting to share. We really can't ask for more from anyone. Thanks for taking the time to help.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier -
Ahhh, I know exactly who you're talking about. He's the same reason I don't answer many questions in Q and A anymore - I couldn't take the "hey look at my post instead" attitude. Good for you wanting to share. We really can't ask for more from anyone. Thanks for taking the time to help.
I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier