How is my reputation so low?
Thanks Gayle, I appreciate that. For the benefit of the community, here are some guidelines I try to follow in an up/down voting forum like this one or SO:
1. For every incorrect/vague post there are generally 2 or more useful ones. The ratio of my votes should reflect this.
2. IMO, the sole purpose of down voting is to help curate content which I feel might be misleading to other users or otherwise detracts from the discussion. I don't use it as a means to punish or correct.
3. If I down vote, I should try to leave a comment explaining why I did it. If my point is reasonably refuted, I should rescind my down vote.
4. Generally speaking, it is unnecessary to down vote any post that already has a negative score. Usually, a score of even -1 is enough to push a post to the bottom of the heap, effectively curating it.
Well, this issue were there from a long while. Infact, I believe, before mandating the logger's identity to vote or chat, people have enormously exploited the system's flexibility.
However, I would encourage you to participate on the discussion and contribute your understanding over the matter, regardless of the reputation you gain.
This site is to focus on helping others by your contribution. So , don't take into account of what other think and vote.
Keep it on man.
It looks like a lot of your downvotes came from one question which was, admittedly, unclear. I couldn't make out what the question was either.
- Gayle L McDowell April 20, 2013I'm still tweaking the reputation system though. If you have any suggestions as to how to make it better, please let me know.