When you downrate, do you always go for the max? Have you considered that a simple -1 or -2 might get your point across just as well as a -5?
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Jodie44
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The only reason I ever downrate it if the person I am downrating has totally hacked me off. It's not a matter of degrees, it's a matter of stupidity, so no, I never downrate for less. I seldom downrate but when I do I bring the biggest freakin hammer I got.
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yeah, i always do -1. although i can only do -2, i don't see much of a point (no pun intended) of goin further than -1. i think it gets the point across just fine.
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Good question Jodie! When I uprate, I usually go for the max, because it is easier (just a click) and if I am uprating, it is because I like the question/answer. When I am downrating, I rate it according to how much I disagree. Example: "I just punched my baby in the face, what should I do?" would get the lowest possible... where as something like: "AnSwErBaG is LYK SO KWEL, DoNt you THINKKKKK?????" Would get one, (if any) and marked as nonsense.
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I don't downrate unless the person is asking a question that is complete nonsense or very offensive, or they are trolling. So I am very conservative with my downrating. So if I do downrate, I go max.
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I'm basically of the same mind as Unit here. I rarely downrate. When I do, I have to be pretty annoyed. I guess my tendency is to want to put all of my "points power" behind that. Since I'm fortunate enough to be able to give more than a minus one or two, I'd usually see cases that might warrant only that as better off being left alone.
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I do never downrate. Sometime I flag questions or answers when I consider them as offensive. By uprating I do not go for the max before I have not read all the answers, because I could find some better than others.
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I think a lot of people instinctively go for the + or - button, which maxes out the rating. Taking the extra 1.5 seconds to wait for the range of up/downrating may be too much time for that person. For me, my max up/downrate is 2 anyway, so it's not too significant... but I rarely downrate, anyway, so it's kind of a moot point.
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Good question. I rarely downrate, really. I guess I give -5 most of the time to insulting, offensive or really misleading questions or answers. Most of the time although I feel a Q. or A might not be useful, I just don't give it any points.
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If I'm rating at all I usually decide if I want to give the full number or a fraction of what I can give. I only downrate as much as I can if it is really stupid sounding.
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When I down rate the question or answer must be so bad that it deserves the whole -5. Otherwise, I just leave a comment telling the person what I find objective or I just ignore it.
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Perhaps, or just ignore.
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I downrate on accordance to how unhelpful or offensive the question/answer may be. Since its inception, my policy has been to always use the sliding scale for points to determine the quality of a submission
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it depends on the question.
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I just downrate on what I think is the right amount.
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I can't remember the last time I downrated something, but I do remember crying. When I get emotional I don't think about making points.
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I very rarely downrate. When I do, it is because the question or answer is obscene or offensive, or because an answer is simply factually wrong (i.e. not an opinion I don't agree with). If it is bad enough in either of these categories to make me downrate, then it is bad enough to give the full charge. I sometimes don't give the full uprating.
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I rarely downrate (I refrain from treating the buttons as Agree or Disagree). When I do, I may downrate a point or two if the information is factually incorrect. The only question or answer that gets my full downrate capacity is blatantly offensive or nonsensical one.
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