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Richard MacCutchan wrote: I've tried hitting my head against a brick wall but it does not make me feel better.
Of course it does... but only when you stop 
"I'm neither for nor against, on the contrary." John Middle
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Ziee-M wrote: many questions downvoted lately
What do you mean by downvoting? You can rate it from 1 to 5 or you can report it as unclear or not a question but you can't actually downvote.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Yeah, you can.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Yeah, you can
How?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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It's all in the stars.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: It's all in the stars.
Which of course I mentioned. Downvoting, as you know, is something different. People often refer to downvoting a question and I don't know if they mean rating it 1 star or reporting it. It's important to communicate properly.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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1 star and 2 starts are downvote, you get -25 if im not wrong.
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Ziee-M wrote: 1 star and 2 starts are downvote, you get -25 if im not wrong.
I see. But downvoting is different but I know what you mean now. Like this message, for example, to the left has an arrow to downvote; although it should be disabled.
So, do you think people actually notice that their questions are being given low ratings?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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011111100010 wrote: So, do you think people actually notice that there questions are being given low ratings?
"their"
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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A red notification just to let you know: -25.
I will not miss it 
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The points deduction is weighted according to the reputation of the user that's casting the vote.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Do you have any links to questions that you feel have been wrongly down-voted?
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Not Wrongly downvoted,
I totaly understand why they got downvoted.
But i dont like :
- No explanation fro downvote.
- fresh users (like its his first or second question)
Welcome new users to CP, here is our gift : -25
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It's the internet, live with it.
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I too do get a bit irritated that questions are downvoted without explanation, but I'm right up there with the frustrations the others have mentioned.
I very rarely downvote (1,2 star or whatever you want to call it) a question. If I've asked for clarification and I don't get it I tend to use the reporting system to mark it as unclear. If enough people do that then it disappears, the OP gets an email and potentially a valuable lesson is learned! 
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I think that in some cases, providing a reason for a down-vote would actually involve more effort than has been put into the actual "question."
I think that by and large, down-votes are dished out quite fairly, no-one (I would hope) is marking people down for asking something that's too basic or for simply not "getting" something. Down-voted questions tend to follow certain patterns:
1) Homework question with "What I have tried" set to "nothing" or "can't be bothered."
2) Issue with zero information - "I am trying to write an accounting system and I get an error."
3) Illegal/morally dubious stuff - "I want to enslave your GPU for mining Bitcoins. Haz u got codez 2 help me?"
With all the warmth and generosity of spirit in the world, it would be difficult to argue that any of these are enhancing the site in any way or that their posters should escape with their site reputations untarnished. If someone's contribution is negative, it does actually make sense for them to have a negative rep in recognition of that.
What we maybe don't do enough of is up-voting good questions (of which there are many).
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Here's a perfect example of what I was talking about. I voted the question down, but gave him the codez anyway.
How I can create a class with array[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Thanks for the comment, this is exactly how i hope everyone to deal with similar Questions.
As you can see, this is the first question of this newcomer.
Solution have been given and in addition a comment to explain what they did wrong.
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And no downvote, just a comment instead.
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No, I still down-voted the question for the reasons cited above.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Oh, the downvote just appeared now.
Well i am against it, since he is new.
If he had previous questions, i would understand.
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Being new is not an excuse.
He's asking us to do his homework for him, and even had the temerity to claim that it wasn't homework, when it very obviously is.
Nobody gets a free pass.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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No doubt, i did not like his comment !
But, being new, is an excuse for me, you don't know how you are supposed to do the right things.
Frankly, no one have time nor patience to read a website rules(same for our phone pass contract ).
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It's homework. It wouldn't be assigned if the concepts hadn't been reviewed in class. He either didn't pay attention, or didn't ask for clarification on the parts he didn't understand. No free pass.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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