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What is your upvote to downvote ratio?

Jan 23, 2013 3:17 PM

I have no problem upvoting a decent deal/comment/question, but I will admit I have a hard time downvoting anything. If I do not agree I just move on without any vote. If I really disagree or the post is WAY off, then I will do the downvote and leave my comment. But I would say my ration is probably around 80/20 upvotes to downvotes.

You?

coondogg97 coondogg97

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Mine is closer to 50/1.

morriea morriea
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Realistically? 200:1. I'm a positive kind of guy I guess.

jsimsace jsimsace
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@jsimsace: Me, too. I think I downvote like once a month, and I upvote every day. I generally only downvote when I feel the poster is being hostile.

moondrake moondrake
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I have never down voted a deal or question or comment so that part is zero. I either up vote or pass it by but couldn't guess on that ratio.

xdavex xdavex
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The last time I downvoted anything was a year ago. So now I have 100% upvotes, 0% downvotes.

I changed my philosophy on this. If I don't like the deal, I ignore it. If I like it, I vote for it.

If the deal is so horrible that I would normally need to downvote it, that means it's probably spam, counterfeit goods, etc. It requires a tattle instead. I will tattle and then make a comment about the tattle.

Many times I find a bad deal and I will still not downvote. Instead, I will post a link to a better deal and/or explain why it's not so good in the comments. For example, a slingshot that's free but is $4.99 shipping received a comment from me about the extra high shipping costs but still no downvote.

cengland0 cengland0
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I have 1138 pages of upvotes and 17 pages of downvotes. So my ratio is 66.9:1. I think that's pretty positive.

okham okham
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Good question, it appears my ratio is about 100 up for every 1 down vote.

mattysc mattysc
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@cengland0: My ratio is closer to yours, but I didn't think anyone would believe me. :) Is a downvote a necessary option? Why not just abstain?

jsimsace jsimsace
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@okham: Never thought of looking at the pages, you sly fox. I have 483 pages upvoted to 3 downvoated. Thats gangster.

coondogg97 coondogg97
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Officially, I have downvoted nothing. But I take the @moondrake approach to comments.

lonelypond lonelypond
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I have 142 pages of upvotes and only 2 items of down votes.

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