Someone strong-downvoted a post/question of mine with a downvote strength of 10, if I remember correctly.
I had initially just planned to keep silent about this, because that’s their good right to do, if they think the post is bad or harmful.
But since the downvote, I can’t shake off the curiosity of why that person disliked my post so strongly—I’m willing to pay $20 for two/three paragraphs of explanation by the person why they downvoted it.
Maybe because somebody didn’t think your post qualified as a “Question”? I don’t see any guidelines on what qualifies as a “question” versus a “post”—and personally I wouldn’t have downvoted because of this—but your question seems a little long/opinionated.
Btw, I really appreciate if people explain downvotes, and it would be great if there was some way to still allow unexplained downvotes while incentivizing adding explanations. Maybe a way (attached to the post) for people to guess why other people downvoted?
Yeah, I feel kind of excited about having some strong-downvote and strong-upvote UI which gives you one of a standard set of options for explaining your vote, or allows you to leave it unexplained, all anonymous.
Someone strong-downvoted a post/question of mine with a downvote strength of 10, if I remember correctly.
I had initially just planned to keep silent about this, because that’s their good right to do, if they think the post is bad or harmful.
But since the downvote, I can’t shake off the curiosity of why that person disliked my post so strongly—I’m willing to pay $20 for two/three paragraphs of explanation by the person why they downvoted it.
Maybe because somebody didn’t think your post qualified as a “Question”? I don’t see any guidelines on what qualifies as a “question” versus a “post”—and personally I wouldn’t have downvoted because of this—but your question seems a little long/opinionated.
Thanks, that makes sense.
“This is more of a comment than a question” as they say
Btw, I really appreciate if people explain downvotes, and it would be great if there was some way to still allow unexplained downvotes while incentivizing adding explanations. Maybe a way (attached to the post) for people to guess why other people downvoted?
Yeah, I feel kind of excited about having some strong-downvote and strong-upvote UI which gives you one of a standard set of options for explaining your vote, or allows you to leave it unexplained, all anonymous.