Re: Newbies and votes

A node has to be pretty stinky before I will down-vote it. I just don't vote for it; disaproval in abstentia.

By and large, if a Querant has put some time into the problem, or generated an interesting thread of responses, I will up-vote the posting. I am at the point in my life where I learn from almost everything I see and hear; either something brand new, or something that I thought I knew once, but find I have forgotten the details. (The later case is the much more often occurance. I have a mind like a steel bear-trap -- lots of empty space and cob-webs, things sail right through from one side to the other and don't strike anything solid in between.)

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Re^2: Newbies and votes by talexb (Chancellor) on Dec 08, 2004 at 15:13 UTC
Agree. A post has to be pretty stinky (facts, tone, effort) for me to downvote it. Usually I read and ignore the goofy posts. If the user appears to be new-ish I do give them some latitude, but if they join and immediately start posting without doing a little work (like familiarizing themselves with the site and its customs), they deserve the downvotes. To me, there's a paralell with merging onto a highway. You don't just merge and start barging around the lanes. Merge, stay in your lane for a minute or two, then power up and start to move once you've got your bearings and got into the groove of being on the highway. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply]
Re^2: Newbies and votes by Anonymous Monk on Dec 14, 2004 at 02:38 UTC
I think you mean "in absentia", but really I don't even think that's what you mean -- I think you're thinking of some form of "abstaining". (I'm not trying to be annoying or critical -- I just thought you might want to know that "abstentia" isn't a word.)	[reply]