Timeline for Completely Unexplained Downvotes
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| Jul 8, 2013 at 20:08 | comment | added | user9072 | Downvotes here are self-explanatory anyway as the answer is off-topic, being only commentary on the specific event that motivated the dicussion of a general aspect. ;-) | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 7:29 | comment | added | JRN | @GerryMyerson I agree with you. I was just thinking of the case when a terrible question or answer gets an upvote, and people comment "Why the upvote?" | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 5:56 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | @Joel, a downvote says there's something wrong with the answer, and that leaves the downvotee wondering what he can do to make the answer better. An upvote says there's something right with the answer, and this doesn't leave the downvotee wondering what he can do to make the answer worse. In short, no. | |
| Jul 8, 2013 at 4:33 | comment | added | JRN | I just upvoted this answer! If we are expected to comment on our downvotes, shouldn't we also be expected to comment on our upvotes? | |
| Jul 7, 2013 at 23:35 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | Note that the $-1$ here is the result of $+2-3$, so there are three unexplained downvotes on this answer (as of this writing). | |
| Jul 7, 2013 at 19:24 | comment | added | Vidit Nanda | Steven, I agree that the question was vague, which is why I was seeking clarifications. Also, while I did not down-vote your answer here, I must confess that I was mildly amused to see the unexplained $-1$. | |
| Jul 7, 2013 at 18:45 | history | answered | Steven Landsburg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |