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Downvotes are the community's way of telling peers that their content can be improved. Downvotes on meta may have different meanings.
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Should questions asking to prove false claims be downvoted or closed?
In theory, I would not downvote it. In my opinion, the proper response is to write up an answer explaining why the claim to be proven is in fact false.
In practice, I would also consider the intent o …
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Deduction in rep for downvoting
It helps keep people from getting carried away with downvoting. If you didn't lose any points from it, you could downvote a lot of stuff (and you can kinda see that here on Meta).
That $-1$ point is …
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When do we upvote or accept an answer?
In my opinion, you should be quicker to upvote than to accept. You can undo an upvote and you can undo an accept, but, speaking only for myself, I'm more willing to see an upvote reversal kindly than …
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