I shouldn't be down-voted as much as I am, or by the people that are, and also punishments should abound for askers who fail to accept an answer [duplicate]

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1. I hate it how I have absolutely zero chance of getting reputation back when someone downvotes me, even when I'm obviously right. People downvote because they are stupid (sorry, but it happens) or because they didn't understand my answer, and after I clarifiy, they are long gone or don't care anymore/enough. People also downvote impulsively or because others downvoted. I think that after one downvote, more downvotes shouldnt be allowed for a certain period of time unless the downvote comes from someone who has more rep than the person before.

2. I also don't like that there is no guide on posting or strict enforcement of such. If someone poses a question in the "Add another answer" dialogue, then this must clearly be wrong behaviour. Still they get away with it.

   This is clearly a site that puts the wrong focus on the people, instead of the quality of the answers. Someone who has more rep, should count more when up or downvoting, and someone who downvotes very often, has little rep or accepts answers very rarely shouldn't be able to deteriorate my rep.

3. It should also be punished if someone doesn't accept an answer, or at least make it auto accept the answer which has the most rep.

Answer 1

I hate it how I have absolutely zero chance of getting reputation back...

Delete your answer and request a reputation recalc using the "flag for moderator attention." You'll get your rep back.

...even when I'm obviously right.

Must not have been so obvious.

...or because they didn't understand my answer...

If they didn't understand your answer, then it probably belongs in the "not helpful" category, which is what a downvote means. Don't take it personally, just try to clarify your answer as best you can. If your answer is helpful then the next person to read it will upvote it.

I think that after one downvote, more downvotes shouldnt be allowed for a certain period of time unless the downvote comes from someone who has more rep than the person before.

No, we've been over this before. I have a lot of reputation from answering questions about Java, but I know nothing about a lot of other languages. My vote shouldn't count for more than yours over a very wide range of topics.

If someone poses a question in the "Add another answer" dialogue, then this must clearly be wrong behaviour. Still they get away with it.

Please flag these "answers" for moderator attention. I delete a lot of these every day, so they're not really getting away with it.

This is clearly a site that puts the wrong focus on the people, instead of the quality of the answers. Someone who has more rep, should count more when up or downvoting, and someone who downvotes very often, has little rep or accepts answers very rarely shouldn't be able to deteriorate my rep.

You seem to be contradicting yourself here. The focus should be on the quality of the content, not the person. If you take overall rep into account, you'd be focusing more on the person casting the votes.

It should also be punished if someone doesn't accept an answer, or at least make it auto accept the answer which has the most rep.

No, that's voluntary. It's a bonus if your answer gets accepted, not a mandatory requirement. If you give the right answer, then you should gain plenty of rep in the form of upvotes and your answer will rise to the top of the page.

Answer 2

I'll try to hit all the salient points of your rant:

• Most of your criticisms are mitigated by the fact that an upvote is 5 times the weight of a downvote with respect to Rep earned, so in the long run downvotes mean very little.

• With respect to this statement you made:

  This is clearly a site that puts the wrong focus on the people, instead of the quality of the answers.

  Who is there to determine the quality, if not the people? The people are needed to help separate the wheat from the chaff via their votes. Arguably, downvotes probably aren't used enough in this regard.

  It has been said many times that Rep is not necessarily a measure of skill, simply a measure of ones involvement in the site. So, weighting votes by Rep is pointless, since higher Rep users are not necessarily experts.

• An accepted answer is also only 1.5 times the weight of an upvote, so if people don't accept an answer you're not losing much Rep relative to the upvotes you likely got for the answer. Also, the votes from the community are enough to show which answer is best.