you can always ask in an update. I've done that several times and so far it has always worked.
It hasn't worked for me.
But please, don't think that someone who downvotes is a jackass.
Frankly, you've done nothing to convince me otherwise. You downvoted my post because it contained one erroneous point. That's hardly an expression that it "could have been much better."
It's a bit like a relationship: you fight because you CARE.
You just don't CARE enough to discuss it. Downvoting isn't fighting, it's sniping. There's no interaction. It's an expression that the post was so bad, it doesn't merit a reply.
People who take the time to answer me IMHO deserve to know what I think of their answers.
And you think that a reply is too subtle? They really need a vote? Feh.

Just so you know, I didn't vote on your posts. But you do know what I think about them, don't you?

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In reply to Re^4: Increased number of downvotes at the Monastery? by Roy Johnson
in thread Increased number of downvotes at the Monastery? by Anonymous Monk

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