The newcomers all seem to be pretty enthusiastic and positive. I still see a handful of downvotes every day with "no reason" selected if any reason is given at all, but no comments to clarify what warranted the downvotes. I continue to ignore any hostility I see and participate in civil discussions. So it could be a lot worse, but I'm not seeing many changes. I guess we'll just have to put up with a few bad apples determined to treat the downvote as a button for "I disagree."
I concur Most of the newcomers seem to be adapting amazingly. We have however seen a influx in people trying to game or bot the xp system. But overall it's been pretty good.
It does, but only for snaps. And it can sometimes take a moment to appear if the server is under load. Plus, I've seen people list "no reason" from the box without clarifying in a comment, which doesn't help.
I'm of the opinion that "no reason" and no option downvotes shouldn't count toward the votes on a snap.
Granted, but since people are dropping downvotes and not leaving comments our choices are limited. Either we simply accept that this sort of behavior will start to grow or we add options to encourage people to engage rather than punish.
The newcomers all seem to be pretty enthusiastic and positive. I still see a handful of downvotes every day with "no reason" selected if any reason is given at all, but no comments to clarify what warranted the downvotes. I continue to ignore any hostility I see and participate in civil discussions. So it could be a lot worse, but I'm not seeing many changes. I guess we'll just have to put up with a few bad apples determined to treat the downvote as a button for "I disagree."
I concur Most of the newcomers seem to be adapting amazingly. We have however seen a influx in people trying to game or bot the xp system. But overall it's been pretty good.
I really think an explanation page or pop-up that appears when you first click on a downvote would do much to help with that.
It does, but only for snaps. And it can sometimes take a moment to appear if the server is under load. Plus, I've seen people list "no reason" from the box without clarifying in a comment, which doesn't help.
I'm of the opinion that "no reason" and no option downvotes shouldn't count toward the votes on a snap.
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I meant for comments.
Maybe triggering the popup via javascript would bypass server load?
I agree. I would love the popup for any downvote. But since I'm not an admin I don't know how feasible that might be.