in reply to Re: Controversial!! - Get rid of the -- vote option.
in thread Controversial!! - Get rid of the -- vote option.
Surprised I don't have a list of nodes on this topic yet.
- Voting/Experience System
- Why did I get downvoted? by SiteDocClan - May 21, 2002
- Beginnings of the Voting Experience System by vroom - Mar 23, 2000 (PM history: note that XP began on this date)
- Re: Best of the Best Users in Perlmonks site by chromatic - Jan 19, 2006 (... so pioneer monks did not gain any XP for their participation at PM before this date)
- All your Votebots are belong to us by vroom - Aug 08, 2001 (don't use votebots)
- Why did I get downvoted? by SiteDocClan - May 21, 2002
- Site Rules Governing User Accounts by SiteDocClan - Mar 23, 2006 (you may have only one account which you use for voting)
- Re^2: Looking for "random upvote" script (humans) by tye (2006) - (claims start approaching a real conspiracy, inventing an army of downvoting robots)
- History now influences voting by tye - Nov 18, 2007 (tweaks to the Voting/XP system to mildly discourage some forms of "problematic" voting and, more importantly, to make such "problem voting" matter much less)
- RFC: Policy regarding abuses of the voting system by jdporter - Jun 09, 2022 (further proposed tweaks to the Voting/XP system to discourage massive downvoting of nodes belonging to a specific user)
- Controversial!! - Get rid of the -- vote option. by cnd - Oct 24, 2021
- Just curious: is there a BOT that downvotes "me?" by sundialsvc4 - Jul 14, 2015 (investigations showed no BOTs were downvoting SunnyD)
- Automatic downvote by harangzsolt33 - 2023 (like SunnyD, thinks he's being downvoted by a BOT; investigations showed no BOTs)
- And here's why I think "downvotes" should be eliminated, or tabulated separately ... by sundialsvc4 - Jun 29, 2015
- Can I please have multiple downvotes per (certain monk's) posts. by BrowserUk - May 29, 2015
- Quick feedback option for downvotes by Rhandom - Mar 14, 2007
- Optional vote explanation box as an anonymous message sender. by imp - Aug 14, 2006
- Why downvote nodes without commenting on them? by danmcb - Sep 06, 2005
- Reputation: show both up and downvotes by ysth - Aug 09, 2005
- Encouraging comments for downvotes by disciple - Apr 05, 2004
- Downvote for by chromatic - Oct 02, 2004
- Increased number of downvotes at the Monastery? by anonymonk - Mar 10, 2004
- Why do I downvote something? by ibanix - Jan 29, 2003
- Why I Downvote by ignatz - May 15, 2002
- Attack of the Downvote Bots by tadman - Jul 30, 2001
- How I stopped worrying (and learned to love the downvote) by hotyopa - Feb 01, 2001
- Please explain WHY you voted -- by cajun - Feb 14, 2001
- Downvotes with No Comments (Was Re: PlusPlus.pm) by salvadors - Jan 14, 2001
- (kudra: why not downvote?) RE: RE: Crazy like a troll? by kudra - Oct 26, 2000
- Weird anomaly in brian_d_foy experience points by me - Dec 11, 2010
- Upvotes n Downvotes by perlron - Oct 29, 2014 (poem)
- Ode to the Downvoter - Haikus by azatoth - Jun 21, 2001
- Re^2: Why is this string only PARTIALLY interpolated? by misterperl - Jul 31, 2023 (no need to PerlSplain that ... Rolf are you 'round?)
Some Notable Downvote Performances
- -175 := +127 Thank you all! (Updated!Now -152 := +144) by BrowserUk - May 24, 2016 (Buk tries very hard to provoke monks into down-voting him! ;-)
- Re: -175 := +127 Thank you all! (Updated!Now -152 := +144) by me - May 25, 2016 (Buk gets all 10 worst nodes of the week)
SunnyD is the only monk to achieve this rare feat:
- Re^2: -175 := +127 Thank you all! (Updated!Now -152 := +144) by me - Mar 31, 2018 (SunnyD gets all worst nodes of the week, month and year!)
Some Monks that Often Attract Downvotes
2000-2010: TODO
2010-2020:
- sundialsvc4 (the all-time downvote champion?)
- BrowserUk (account disabled for vandalising his nodes in a fit of pique - see also)
2020-2030:
- beautyfulman (account locked for vandalising his nodes in a fit of pique)
- harangzsolt33
- misterperl
- BOK_NEPA
See also: How can I wipe every trace of myself from PerlMonks? by SiteDocClan
See Also
More nodes were added as they came to my attention long after this node was first posted.
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