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Aug 5 at 18:57 comment added mickmackusa If downvotes were so self-evident, we wouldn't have thousands of comments asking for clarity flagged as NLN then deleted. The numbers are so high that comments that mention "downvote" are insta-deleted with a single NLN flag. Hiding the complaints is not resolving the requests for clarity.
Feb 13 at 6:06 comment added CPlus No downvote is unexplained. When I downvote without leaving a comment why, the reason is either self-evident (such as already being specified by a close reason) or is explained by the downvote tooltip: This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful
Oct 2, 2023 at 1:20 history edited Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog CC BY-SA 4.0
Helpful for anyone searching for the old title
Oct 1, 2023 at 20:13 history edited Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog CC BY-SA 4.0
Remove one syllable by using MSO version
Oct 1, 2023 at 17:51 history edited V2Blast StaffMod CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aug 13, 2023 at 21:46 history edited Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog CC BY-SA 4.0
"Idea" is used here as a short form of feature requests. I'd also like to keep the syllable count low.
Aug 13, 2023 at 21:44 history edited Karl Knechtel CC BY-SA 4.0
improve prose in title. Ideas cannot suggest; they *are* what is suggested.
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Jul 26, 2023 at 10:12 answer added Philip Couling timeline score: 3
Nov 4, 2021 at 13:07 comment added mkinson None of the points addressed by the answer below cover the idea of using a set list of generalized down-vote reasons, which would be anonymously provided to the OP. If it's not too big if a headache for someone to provide close reasons, then why should it be considered one for a down-vote? And the assertion that an up-vote should require a comment too is silly. There's only one reason to up-vote, while there may be multiple reasons to down-vote.
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Jul 30, 2020 at 0:02 comment added Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog @jscs The rules in that blog post were rescinded during the licensing revamp earlier this year, and the CC licenses only require a link back to the original content as attribution.
Jul 29, 2020 at 23:59 comment added jscs The attribution on this question and answer do not meet the minimum requirements.
Jul 29, 2020 at 21:08 history edited Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog CC BY-SA 4.0
move note to bottom as this is being used better
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Apr 18, 2019 at 6:05 history edited Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog CC BY-SA 4.0
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Mar 19, 2019 at 16:53 comment added user400654 Are such questions just deleted here? i don't see this question come up very often here, and don't see anything in search related to it since january... and that one was closed as a duplicate of Encouraging people to explain downvotes because it was a feature request. Feels like FAQ for the sake of having an FAQ rather than because it's needed.
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Mar 19, 2019 at 8:06 history edited Meta Andrew T. CC BY-SA 4.0
removed emotion and personal opinion, just get straight to the purpose...
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