43
votes
Accepted
Can I ask who has a beef with me and why?
Though you can ask we can't answer due to votes being a private affair. Never fear though: all kinds of targeted-voting is detected by the system and, when the daily scripts run, it reverses the votes ...
- 244k
31
votes
What warranted multiple downvotes and a delete vote here?
It was unclear and mostly wrong and showed a lack of expertise
Note that all of this, more or less, was brought up as suggestions for improvement in the comments under your answer (by multiple people ...
- 95.3k
29
votes
Why are my questions being downvoted?
I've pulled up each of the questions you've posted that have gotten negative scores overall [at the time that I'm writing this post]. Those are
Can you enchant player characters' prosthetics ...
- 52.9k
29
votes
Is it ok to ask for comments on downvotes?
It doesn't hurt to ask ...
Many users on many SE site do ask for feedback to help understand what caused a negative reaction to a given answer or question.
... but don't be upset by a lack of ...
- 144k
24
votes
Is it appropriate to downvote an answer that may have been good at the time it was posted, but is now incorrect?
Definitely
Just as it's appropriate to change the accepted answer to your question that was once correct, it is appropriate to downvote a once-good answer.
However
Before I do this, I would first ...
- 21.3k
23
votes
What should we do about people downvoting to try and push subcommunities they don't like off this site?
Nothing
While we affirm RPG.SE embraces all playstyles, there's no way to force everyone to always vote according to that.
In this case the comment could be flagged as unkind and deleted, but that ...
- 176k
21
votes
Why are my questions being downvoted?
I'll put my hand up as having downvoted a fair number of your questions, and generally not for the reasons provided by the other answer you've gotten to this question. While I can't speak for everyone,...
- 145k
20
votes
Accepted
What to do about possible retaliatory down-voting spree?
I recognise you've read and checked What is serial voting and how does it affect me? as linked in comments, but I'll leave this here for a general answer as well:
Every night around 03:00 UTC, a ...
- 36.6k
20
votes
Why is an answer being downvoted without any comments?
If someone hasn't explained their downvote, chances are there's nothing much helpful they can say, or their comment would be the kind that historically causes problems. Or, they just haven't gotten ...
- 36.6k
19
votes
Am I getting serial downvotes, or are my answers suddenly this bad?
The site has become stricter about unsupported answers, and your answers are largely unsupported.
Please note all this is not to criticize you, but to explain what's going on so you can adapt to it.
...
- 176k
18
votes
Accepted
I believe I was a victim of sockpuppetry. Who do I report this to?
I doubt you were the victim of unwarranted downvotes. I actually wanted to downvote but couldn't because it was deleted before I got there. While I don't want to seem overly negative, I'd like to ...
- 30.3k
18
votes
Is poorly balanced homebrew considered "low-effort"?
Homebrew review is a "show your work" type problem.
Homebrew content creation does not necessarily require a master's understanding of the underlying system. While experienced designers to produce ...
- 31.6k
17
votes
Accepted
Editing an answer to change a mistaken vote
I'll examine that from the lens of something that will actually happen: just generally making downvotes we might later wish we hadn't.
Most of the time, just live with it; if the answer's any good it'...
- 36.6k
17
votes
Accepted
Why was I downvoted?
I would assume all the downvotes are for people agitated that you seem to be deliberately trying to reinterpret English, logic, and/or math to rules lawyer an advantage.
I’ve downvoted it for the ...
- 176k
16
votes
How are we judging One D&D questions and answers?
I downvoted some of these because they expect a canonical answer to a question that is by design not supposed to have one.
I think some of these questions are missing the point of a playtest. This is ...
- 153k
15
votes
Am I getting serial downvotes, or are my answers suddenly this bad?
The GS/BS norms have changed of late
Your answers are not "suddenly, this bad." You have been a quality contributor for a good long while.
I've been watching this thing that you mention for the ...
- 144k
15
votes
Is it ok to ask for comments on downvotes?
It's always ok to ask, but there's no guarantee you'll get a response.
The reason for this is because downvotes already have their own reasons.
This question/answer does not show any research ...
- 23.1k
15
votes
What should we do about people downvoting to try and push subcommunities they don't like off this site?
Vote the other way, if you care.
I'll be honest, I was surprised to see that comment since I didn't remember writing it, and then even more surprised to learn that it wasn't mine.
So. There are ...
- 22.3k
14
votes
I believe I was a victim of sockpuppetry. Who do I report this to?
This is the place to come.
Raising the issue on meta flags it to moderators' attention and creates a nice starting-point to and container for any investigating we or, in a serious case, the SE staff ...
- 102k
14
votes
Why do my questions about homebrew content get downvoted?
Often times, it's lack of effort
While not everyone has necessarily read the meta on how to ask homebrew, we nearly always link to that in the comments for the initial posting.
If someone doesn't ...
- 126k
14
votes
Why was my homebrew-review question downvoted even though I followed the criteria?
Those aren’t “the criteria”
The Meta discussion on homebrew-review questions is not criteria for asking homebrew-review questions. A question that ignores it is not automatically bad, and a question ...
- 357k
13
votes
Why does downvoting hurt my reputation (but upvoting does not help it)?
Downvoting is disincentivised (it's not just you), and that's deliberate. The help page on downvotes says this: “Voting down answers is not something we want you to take lightly, so it is not ...
- 36.6k
13
votes
Why are my homebrew posts being downvoted and ignored while another user at the exact same time has many upvotes and thousands of views?
Views are easy: the other question hit the "Hot Network Questions" list 21 hours ago. Yours has not.
Downvotes are a little tougher: even we elected mods cannot see who downvoted your post, nor when ...
- 102k
13
votes
Why are my homebrew posts being downvoted and ignored while another user at the exact same time has many upvotes and thousands of views?
Not to put too fine a point on it, the other post you reference looks a lot more like a warlock patron than yours does. As several comments pointed out, offering 3 choices of feature at most levels ...
- 145k
13
votes
Accepted
Why there is no notification for getting a downvote?
This feature has been requested before on the network meta: Display lost/negative reputation in topbar achievements. Despite the obvious support from the community (given the score), it was declined ...
- 2,047
13
votes
Why was my homebrew-review question downvoted even though I followed the criteria?
The question is difficult to answer objectively
As @nvoigt stated in their comment, the question features a lot of homebrew elements, such as the character's abilities and the fact that the campaign ...
- 10k
12
votes
Accepted
Downvoting first questions - can we be more welcoming?
"We" apparently can't, but individuals can.
On a given occasion, any individual who provides close votes, down votes, or comments on a new user's question can choose to engage in a warm and ...
- 144k
12
votes
Downvoting first questions - can we be more welcoming?
I wonder - would it be effective to "shield" new members from reputation hits based on downvotes of their first question? Give them a little extra grace to work out what we're about here before ...
- 36.6k
12
votes
Accepted
Voting down has to be revised
Some of these ideas have already come up in the same or similar forms in Stack Exchange's history. Many have gained no traction or been firmly rejected; there's a reason they aren't part of our system ...
- 36.6k
12
votes
How are we judging One D&D questions and answers?
What material it is about for the question is not specified
The question does not point to the document of the playtest that is asked about. If tomorrow the playtest gets a new document, is that ...
- 45.8k
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible