Thanks, nothingmuch!

I've been pretty much puzzled why I get downvoted for genuinely wanting to seek views on something that I'm interested in or for asking questions that appear silly to some but are stumbling blocks to me.

If everybody knows perl equally, this site will become redundant. So when I get downvoted for asking a question on perl, I wonder why.

I think it would be really illuminating to the author of a node if people who downvote it can let on why they judge the node as deserving a --. I mean if you bother to downvote, you certainly can afford the energy to critique, can't you?

On that note, I thank you once again for sharing your views and for bringing the subject of downvoting up :)

In reply to Re: Re: perl's forte by kiat
in thread perl's forte by kiat

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