Recently @Catija replied to my answer(If more users could vote, would they engage more? Testing 1 reputation voting on some sites) about mandatory downvote reason (especially for 1+ rep users.)
“I'd be more open to a multi-select for low rep users that allows them to pick valid reasons to downvote without giving a free text field.”
– Catija Staff Mod
The idea is not new
consider adding the quick list of reasons, so they don't even have to type. Possibly add an "anonymous" checkbox, defaulting to checked.
- The dialog can be shown to any users (not only low rep)
- For those, who have enough reputation to add comments, another option with free text “your own comment” can be shown.
- If the user already added a comment or upvoted one of existing comments, dialog can be suppressed.
I found a couple suggestions that were deleted just because they were posted as answers instead of as a feature requests:
Why isn't it required to provide comments/feedback for downvotes, and why are proposals suggesting this so negatively received? (link may be not visible, if you don’t have enough StackOverflow reputation)
Please include a reason for the downvote:
- Too verbose
- Argument is unclear
- More research required
- Issue not addressed
- Duplication
- Other
Obviously there will be differences in popup layout & content for questions versus answers. Closing the dialog without providing an option will be marked as Other.
Why isn't it required to provide comments/feedback for downvotes, and why are proposals suggesting this so negatively received? (link may be not visible, if you don’t have enough StackOverflow reputation)
keep down/up votes anonymous
when you vote on a question or comment, a small popup opens, and you get to click on what applies to you (at least one choice). For instance for an answer, it is :
- technically wrong
- off topic
- not justified enough
- a repeat
- outdated
- incomprehensible
- ...?
I searched for similar questions and many of them were closed as a duplicate. My suggestion is not a duplicate of Encouraging people to explain downvotes that was completed in 2009, but a new feature request to improve current implementation .