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After 3 years I posted an up-to-date answer and got some bad feedback — What should I do?
Thanks for bringing your question here to discuss.
As I commented on your question (done after your screenshot above), it wasn't that I "wasn't very happy", it's that the answer you added and ...
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How do I know who downvoted my posts?
No, that is not possible. Not even ♦ moderators can see who (up or down)voted a post. This is by design. If you ever think you're being targeted with multiple downvotes, the system, staff or ...
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How often are the vote statistics updated in my profile
The total votes cast count shown on your profile's activity page takes a good few minutes to update with votes cast.
The votes tab on the activity page is updated almost instantly upon voting as this ...
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Does the community bot downvote?
Usually, the bot does not vote. But,
it does own votes by users which are later deleted, in the rare case that their votes are preserved
it downvotes posts flagged as Very Low Quality when that flag ...
GlorfindelMod
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Why did I lose one reputation for downvoting an answer?
As documented in https://apple.stackexchange.com/help/whats-reputation:
You lose reputation when:
your question is voted down: −2
your answer is voted down: −2
you vote down an answer: −1
you place ...
nohillsideMod
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Why is the voting system on this site so severely broken and how to improve it?
As mentioned already in Why does Ask Different have such a low voting percentage? voting on AD sometimes doesn't work very well. My personal view on this is that there are just too few people caring ...
nohillsideMod
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Background colour of remaining flags/close vote count
The colour helps highlight the difference between the flag count and the vote count. It helps distinguish with a quick glance which of the two figures it represents without reading the word beside the ...
grgMod
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Why did all my questions get up-voted at once and then suddenly get down-voted?
See https://apple.stackexchange.com/help/serial-voting-reversed (a link which is actually displayed in your reputation history in your profile).
Basically, an unknown user decided to upvote a lot of ...
nohillsideMod
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Why is the voting system on this site so severely broken and how to improve it?
Just to answer with a bit of encouragement. Votes on meta don't mean you're wrong, just that people don't see a very narrow or very specific path forward.
On the premise of "broken" I'm not sure I ...
bmikeMod
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Why did I get -2 for an answer with a score of 1?
Your post has received 2 upvotes and 1 downvote, for a total of 1 displayed beside the post. You receive +10 reputation for each upvote and -2 reputation for each downvote.
The achievements dropdown ...
grgMod
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How did I vote?
This functionality already exists. You can check how you have voted, but obviously not how others have voted.
To check your votes:
Click on your profile image (on a desktop browser it’s towards the ...
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How do I know who downvoted my posts?
No, it‘s not possible to find out who up- or downvoted a post.
See Is there a way to see who voted on your posts? for a more detailed discussion of the topic.
nohillsideMod
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Why does it not show when you get downvoted?
Oded, an employee at the time of writing, said
Negative reputation changes are... well... negative. So we are not in a hurry to let you know about them
https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/219665/222623
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grgMod
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Why did I get -2 for an answer with a score of 1?
That -2 is from just a single downvote; the two upvotes you got (giving +20 reputation) were given on earlier days and do not appear in your achievement inbox, which only lists the most recent changes....
GlorfindelMod
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How is No for an answer to a question that invites workarounds?
Sometimes, the correct answer is a simple 'no' with an explanation why it is what it is. Not all answer have to be, or need to be, complicated. In fact, providing someone a complicated workaround ...
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Why haven't I received reputation points for some of the upvotes that one of my answers received?
Your linked answer is a community wiki post. One of the effects of this is that you receive no reputation for the post, positive or negative. This is indicated by the different style of author link ...
grgMod
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Voting vs Editing, are they at Odds in the Current System?
The editing is mostly a way to avoid a large period of time where people would be inclined to down vote as opposed to remedy past impressions. Ideally, each edit would then ping the voters or come ...
bmikeMod
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Do my up votes count once I have enough reputation?
Neither.
Anonymous feedback (positive and negative) is in a different bin and affects things like placement on the home page, search results, etc.. but it doesn't grant direct reputation.
You can ...
bmikeMod
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Does this post's status suffer from wrong close reason and is indicative of robo reviewing?
I've had a look at your original question (including the full timeline) and thought I'd share my thoughts even though I wasn't one of the close voters.
Is it on topic?
I recall reading your question ...
MonomeethMod
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Why did the voting buttons change to this horrible design?
Such changes are usually applied across all SE sites, and discussed in Meta.SE. Looking at the votes there indicates that you are not alone with your opinion.
There is nothing we can do an AD to have ...
nohillsideMod
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Why is this question being downvoted?
It‘s sometimes hard to guess why some posts gather downvotes and others don‘t, and if downvoters don‘t leave a comment it isn‘t easy to improve.
One thing I learned over the years participating on AD ...
nohillsideMod
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Does this post's status suffer from wrong close reason and is indicative of robo reviewing?
The following will now indeed read as quite broad. It lists the most probable of the possible angles to approach the problem I can think of at the moment. If the question can be edited into form again,...
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Is there a automated system to be informed on down vote
I wouldn't delete a post based on a -1 personally. Maybe if you're at -5 and you find the answer is totally not helpful / even when you misunderstand a question and make an attempt to answer, hundreds ...
bmikeMod
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Add "Not about Apple products" to close vote reasons
After 3k, blatantly off-topic gets replaced with "Other" and one should explain how it is off-topic.
I suggest you use magic links in the close reason so that after commenting, they lead to the right ...
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