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What's wrong with my answer?
I recently answered an interesting question and thought it was a good answer. Everybody was happy (the question was upvoted two times). Almost a day later I got three downvotes without any comments ...
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Why was my good explained (IMO) answer downvoted, as well as all other answers? [closed]
I today answered this question, along with some other people - most of the other answers work too, but they do not contain any explanation why the OP is getting this behaviour. Mine does. It was ...
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What makes this a bad answer?
This morning I answered a question, addressing a user's code error and explained the ramifications of their syntax (backed up with further reading) and code/output examples. This afternoon I found ...
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Un-downvote an answer that probably won't be edited
I saw an answer that doesn't really answer the question and I think it won't be edited. What should I do to un-downvote it? Do a useless edit? Nobody will approve it.
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Post downvoted based on misunderstanding
A person downvoted an answer with improper understanding of Java basic concepts. He added his comments for downvoting, which are invalid:
volatile: This keyword is applicable to both class and ...
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How can I improve my answers to avoid downvoters?
I try to provide high-quality answers on Stack Overflow and make a point to edit my questions if someone points out something that I missed or made a mistake on.
I answered a question earlier and it ...
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What's wrong with this answer?
My answer was heavily downvoted and recently deleted.
The 1st version of the answer was incomplete and had a security issue (using eval to make a Regex literal), but I fixed it. I explained why the ...
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Why did I get downvoted for helping the OP with their literal problem?
I hate that if the person asking the question wants to do something that is bad programming and you answer it telling them how to do that you get a lot of bad comments and negative rep.
Like in this ...
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Downvoted for giving a detailed answer [duplicate]
Once in a while I see users downvoting correct answers and sometimes good answers. The reason for this action being that they are addressing a seemingly bad question.
A similar issue happened to me ...
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Downvoted and censored after asking for feedback in the chat
According to this question, if you have a new, answer to an old question and you believe it's better than existing answers (or offers a solution not available at the time), it's OK to notify other ...
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Confusion over correct answer. How should I proceed?
There is a lot of confusion surrounding this post.
Multiple bash commands in background
The question and answers all have downvotes now. Admittedly the behaviour of ffmpeg in this situation is ...
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Accepted answer with four downvotes
This is a simple answer I posted on how to execute a Java program. It got accepted by the poster also. But why are there are four downvotes?
Downvoters didn't put any comments either. I have been on ...
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Why was this answer down-voted? [closed]
Down-voted answer
It's a genuine answer from a newbie trying to help. Surely that shouldn't get a minus score? How else will ai learn?
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Why do people downvote my answers on my own questions? [duplicate]
I asked Can't write to 64-bit registry using .NET C#, and then I found the answer on my own, so I posted it.
I got -2 on my question (though I showed them first one approach I tried to solve my ...
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Was this not sufficiently explained enough to deserved a down vote? [closed]
I answered a question by a new user which was a relatively simple answer on a simple question.
This question is just an example; it was what got me thinking "At what point does the explanation stop ...
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