I agree that many answers aren’t the sort of one-shot things that I was looking for.
Downvoting in general confuses me, but I think that downvoting to 0 is appropriate if the answer isn’t quite answering the question, but downvoting past zero doesn’t make sense. Downvoting to 0 feels like saying “this isn’t that helpful” whereas downvoting past 0 feels like “this is actively harmful”.
This comment makes a lot of sense, and is consistent with consensus on Stack Exchange. For this reason, I’ve changed my voting method from my previous policy of voting independently of the current score.
I agree that many answers aren’t the sort of one-shot things that I was looking for.
Downvoting in general confuses me, but I think that downvoting to 0 is appropriate if the answer isn’t quite answering the question, but downvoting past zero doesn’t make sense. Downvoting to 0 feels like saying “this isn’t that helpful” whereas downvoting past 0 feels like “this is actively harmful”.
This comment makes a lot of sense, and is consistent with consensus on Stack Exchange. For this reason, I’ve changed my voting method from my previous policy of voting independently of the current score.