My read is that over half the non-OP answers are not one-shot enough to match the question, and have downvoted them (weakly). I’m curious for feedback on this use of downvoting
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.
My read is that over half the non-OP answers are not one-shot enough to match the question, and have downvoted them (weakly). I’m curious for feedback on this use of downvoting
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.