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Questions specific to downvotes, the community's way of telling peers that their content can be improved. Downvotes on meta sites have different meanings.

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Why am I getting a downvote for giving a downvote? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: How does “Reputation” work? Where is the FAQ? I noticed that I had like 202 rep points (is it how they are called?), and I down-vote an answer and I reached the 201, …
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Is down-voting an answer, because the question was not a good fit, justified?

In the first place, is it acceptable to down vote an answer stating that reason? Users are not forced to provide a reason for their donwvote. And even if they do we cannot cancel their action bec …
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when down voting doesn't help improving the way a user ask questions

I think that the system was built with this kind of situations in mind, therefore it is capable of handling them. If the bad questions from a specific user are frequent and he is an obvious exception …
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