Timeline for Using downvotes on PMSE
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| Sep 16, 2012 at 19:30 | comment | added | jmort253 Mod | @MattiSG - I noticed that too. While voting is anonymous, this at least gets the person thinking about why he/she is really downvoting, and I also think it encourages the person to leave a comment, which is really helpful. | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 19:25 | comment | added | jmort253 Mod | @MattiSG - We're talking about this in chat right now, if you're interested. | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 19:16 | comment | added | MattiSG | @jmort253 Definite agreement on the “can defend if challenged”. I'd be in favor of rephrasing “only downvote answers that are factually wrong” to something along the lines of “only downvote answers against which a factual counter-argument can be made” (which is in keeping with SE’s etiquette of justifying downvotes in comments). | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 18:14 | comment | added | jmort253 Mod | @MattiSG - The question for me is how much disagreement warrants a downvote? One possible approach is to consider whether or not I can defend my downvote if challenged in a comment. If it's something where I can reasonably say "this won't work because of X", then I'll downvote. But if I can't really back it up myself, I'm more hesitant. I think it's safe to say that everyone will use votes slightly different, and I'm interested to see how more downvoting affects our community in a positive, constructive manner. | |
| Sep 16, 2012 at 17:43 | comment | added | MattiSG | I agree with your analysis that PM opinions are mostly made from anecdotal experience… and thus disagree with your advice that we should downvote only what is factually wrong (or idiotic). If we are to do this, we will be keeping the current statu quo that you don't really downvote what you disagree with, and will be in the exact same situation as we are now: I don't downvote but I add my own answer to voice my different concerns. | |
| Sep 15, 2012 at 16:42 | history | answered | Todd A. JacobsMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |