Has any question or answer in Meta Stack Overflow criticising downvoting in any way, shape or form escaped being downvoted itself?
Even Jeff Atwood isn't immune.
Have there been any exceptions?
asked Mar 18, 2010 at 3:30
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6Nobody likes a whiner... ;-)– Shog9Mar 18, 2010 at 3:31
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4I wasn't criticizing the concept of downvotes so much as I am criticizing unbalanced, extreme forms of downvoting. I am all for downvotes, in proper moderation. For all but 6 out of 100k+ users it isn't an issue.– Jeff AtwoodMar 18, 2010 at 3:43
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only from meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1782/downvoter– LocutusMar 18, 2010 at 3:50
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1@Jeff - and yet you got downvoted.– Andrew GrimmMar 18, 2010 at 4:02
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2well presumably there's a certain knee-jerkiness to downvoting for hilarity, particularly when it is me doing the talking about downvoting. I don't usually mind, but I do mind when it prevents discussion of the topic -- the post was forced off the homepage before reasonable discussion could happen.– Jeff AtwoodMar 18, 2010 at 4:07
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7@Jeff - Given that this is a discussion site, I'd say your question is a good example of why that -5 limit should probably be changed to -10 or more for meta.– PollyannaMar 18, 2010 at 4:17
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I'm going to leave it open for a few more days to see which answer gets the least downvotes.– Andrew GrimmMar 19, 2010 at 13:22
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@Andrew: FWIW, the discussions on that linked question of Jeff's had considerable disagreement on the proposal, and downvotes on meta often mean "I disagree" rather than "not useful" as on SO.– GnomeMar 22, 2010 at 9:24
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Of course it does. Watch this:
Downvoting sucks!
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I would downvote the hell out of this but my rep dropped to 0 the last time I said downvoting sucks and I still havent recovered.– LocutusMar 18, 2010 at 3:48
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@Andrew you can just find another answer of mine and downvote that. At least thats what most people here do.– LocutusMar 18, 2010 at 6:33
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Strangely enough, these questions and answers don't seem to have attracted much downvoting. (I'm going to jinx things by saying that, but still...) Mar 23, 2010 at 22:09
Never gonna give you up, never gonna vote you down, never gonna lower your rep, and hurt you!
answered Mar 18, 2010 at 3:50
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5This doesn't call for downvoting ... it calls for the instant and permanent banning of the user! Mar 18, 2010 at 4:01
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Be glad I didn't adapt the whole thing. "We're no strangers to downvoting... You have a vote, and so do I!..." Mar 18, 2010 at 4:15
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5This will soon become one of they many memes of meta. To be know as StackRolling.– KrednsMar 18, 2010 at 4:53
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1Aaaand I got my first downvote on this post today over 5 years later. Oh the irony! Oct 21, 2015 at 11:37
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I linked to this question from a hot Meta Stack Overflow question. meta.stackoverflow.com/a/308448/38765 Oct 21, 2015 at 11:46