Not many alternatives?

I haven't read the rest of the thread, but I can say that you're right to a degree. What I'd do if a post meets some of these criteria is leave a private message to the poster stating what was wrong, how to correct it, etc.

I've actually had folks do this for me instead of letting me know I was asleep at the wheel by downvoting my incorrect node. This allowed me to 1) update the node to be correct; 2) learn from my mistakes instead of feeling crappy

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