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What is negative vote in stack overflow?
Downvotes should be used to indicate issues with quality, effort, or accuracy of a post: Downvote questions that don’t show any research effort or don’t contain enough information to be clear and answerable. Some answers may not attempt to answer the question at all, and should be flagged.
Why do people Downvote questions on StackOverflow?
Even veteran StackOverflow users like yours truly get their questions downvoted sometimes. Sometimes, some users will downvote your questions just because they find them uninteresting or because they feel like they would be annoying to answer (I myself have been tempted to do this before).
What is score in stack overflow?
A Score in general is the number of upvotes on a question/answer minus the number of downvotes. ie.
Where does the name Stack Overflow come from?
Thus, naming the site Stack Overflow is a bit of programmer-oriented humor, indicating that this is where programmers can go when their stack has overflowed – or, in other words, when they’re out of ideas and need help.
How do I mark a question as answered on stackoverflow?
Choose one answer that you believe is the best solution to your problem. To mark an answer as accepted, click on the check mark beside the answer to toggle it from greyed out to filled in. You may change which answer is accepted, or simply un-accept the answer, at any time.
What is op in stackoverflow?
As in “Original Poster”.
Why do Redditors Downvote questions?
People upvote or downvote based on their personal criteria, including objective post quality — but also on how the post content moves them emotionally, including often how the content in question comports with their confirmation bias.
How do you get a gold badge in Stack Overflow?
Gold badges recognize important contributions from members of the community. They are rarely awarded.
Is it possible to add new answers to a stack overflow question?
It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I’ve been using Stack Overflow for a few years, and initially most questions you asked got a positive reception: happy comments and answers, people that tried to help you out regardless of the way you worded it.
This should not affect overall rep points, but if people simply cannot be bothered to say why a question/answer is bad, offenders will NEVER get better. The menu should be simple; again, it would just be helpful to know “too long”, “already asked”, “too general”, “too short”, “not clear”, “bad grammar”, “other” …anything is better than nothing.
How do I re-open a question that has been closed?
Closed questions cannot be answered, but can be edited to make them eligible for reopening. If your question is closed, you will receive private feedback on the reason why it was closed. Questions that are edited within five days of being closed are automatically added to a reopening queue for community review.