in reply to Voting etiquette

It is very rarely that I downvote a reply, rather my standard practice is to neglect to ++ it if it is a repeat or slightly incorrect. When I began to vote, I found How should I spend my votes? -- General Voting Guidelines very helpful, and I tend to find that most replies to my questions deserve a ++. Only those that are really cruel to me do I downvote.

Of course, I agree that it does seem slightly awkward downvoting those who tried to help you, so I really don't. Nodes that are way OT, trollish, or rude tend to be the only ones I do it to.



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Re: Re: Voting etiquette
by dd-b (Pilgrim) on Jan 17, 2004 at 00:50 UTC

    Thanks for the cite to the voting guidelines. I made the mistake of stopping looking after I found a FAQ entry on the topic that wasn't nearly as complete.

    Sounds like to some extent people consider ++ normal, and consider not doing so a minor censure. Well, at my level I can't do that to every node I read :-), but I'll keep it in mind.

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