Timeline for answer to Is it okay to downvote answers to bad questions? by PW Kad
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| Jul 5, 2017 at 16:13 | comment | added | Racil Hilan | @TinyGiant lol, take it easy, it's just a site and not worth losing you life for :-). Now I see where this is coming from, we lack freedom in our real lives, so we don't want to lose it in or online lives. Hmmm! Makes sense, but perhaps we need some political forum to practice and enjoy freedom there where it is even more rewarding than a technical Q&A site. Oh well, if that's all we've got, then that's all we've got. Viva freedom for all of us! :-) | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 14:30 | comment | added | user4639281 | They may take our lives, but they will never take our [voting] freedom! @Racil | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 13:14 | comment | added | Racil Hilan | @TinyGiant I think that's too much of black & white. We either force people or let them do what they want. Well my friend, life is much richer than that. Nobody want's to be forced, so I'm glad that you don't want to force people. However, there are many other mechanisms. We can encourage, discourage, educate. In fact, the entire SO is built upon those mechanisms, which is what makes it great. Behavior takes a long time to change, but it will. Did you behave the same way when you started on SO as you do now? I bet not, me neither, we learnt and changed, we grew up with SO. | |
| Jun 19, 2015 at 16:21 | comment | added | user4639281 | I thought this had 0 votes when I came upon it, which seemed very odd, then I expanded the votes and laughed +13/-13 perfect example of it's own premise. The community is going to vote however the community thinks is best. Trying to force people to vote within a set of guidelines is pointless. | |
| Jan 8, 2015 at 20:36 | comment | added | PW Kad | This answer is a perfect mix - +10 - 11 :) | |
| Jan 8, 2015 at 20:16 | comment | added | peege | I just had people upvote my answers as a direct reaction (as stated in the comments) to the downvotes being unfair and directed at the question. The incentive there is that I would have broken even on rep had they NOT downvoted, instead I received +10 for everyone who thinks answers should be treated on their own, and -2 for everyone thinking they are part of the question, and trying to manipulate people's actions using Reputation Points as incentive. Backfire. For the record, I don't want either of those votes, up or down. I want votes based on my answer, not the question. | |
| May 23, 2014 at 18:30 | comment | added | Schwern | There is already a mechanism for the community to directly discourage bad questions: down vote the question. | |
| May 22, 2014 at 17:00 | history | answered | PW Kad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |