Timeline for What can I do to minimize my chances of getting banned?
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| May 14, 2020 at 6:16 | comment | added | user520982 | @Laurel The fundamental issue is that I am addressing things in a way that they have not been addressed before. Superficially this may seem like an error because it utterly ignores existing conventions and reformulates them from first principles. | |
| May 14, 2020 at 6:12 | comment | added | user520982 | @RobertLongson "Explain why your thinking is different. Provide detailed and concrete evidence." Initially when my ranking was very low they rejected it out-of-hand without any review at all. Now the reviews have gotten much better yet they continue to insist that I must be wrong yet can't possibly point out a single error. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 17:43 | comment | added | Laurel | I think that it’s ok to delete an answer that’s being downvoted so you can fix it in peace and then undelete it, with the idea that you’ve hopefully shaped it into something upvotable. It’s the fact that answers would stay deleted and downvoted that would hurt OP. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 17:01 | comment | added | Robert Longson | Explain why your thinking is different. Provide detailed and concrete evidence. Do note that this is global meta so you're unlikely to get any specifics here. You want your site meta for that. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 17:00 | comment | added | user520982 | It is generally the case that I get down votes on my questions and answers because they are asked and answered from an unconventional point of view. People really seem to hate it when someone thinks outside of the box. What is the best way that I can ask unconventional questions so that they will not be voted down entirely on the basis that they are very unconventional? | |
| May 13, 2020 at 16:55 | comment | added | Spevacus Mod | @polcott If it's a good and correct answer, then it'll probably be upvoted. If it's simply unpopular, it won't be seen at all, or will only be voted upon once or twice. If it's so-so, it won't gain upvotes or downvotes. If it's a duplicate answer, an unfounded answer, off topic, or fails to adequately answer the question, then it'll probably be downvoted (and with good reason.) I can't go through various answers of yours and determine their worth or answer why they were up or downvoted, I can only give you advice on how to better carry yourself as you continue to contribute. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 16:49 | comment | added | user520982 | It couldn't have been closed as a duplicate before I provided the answer because closed questions do not accept answers. So generically if I post a perfectly good and correct answer yet it is somehow unpopular I must suffer with down votes? | |
| May 13, 2020 at 16:46 | comment | added | Spevacus Mod | @polcott That question was later closed as a duplicate. The downvote is probably to indicate that you shouldn't have answered there in the first place. Given that the duplicate target has a lot of well-written answers already, you should strive to make subsequent answers similarly high-effort and well-written. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 16:27 | comment | added | user520982 | philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/72947/… This is a post with a correct and good answer that got voted down anyway | |
| May 13, 2020 at 16:22 | comment | added | user520982 | I can't tell that an answer is bad until after I get feedback. What is perfectly fine and clear to me seems incomprehensible to other people. Time ans time again when I improve an answer or I improve a question the bias of the original down-votes seems to prevent any subsequent review. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 16:05 | history | answered | SpevacusMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |