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Why do people "down vote" something and then don't leave a comment as to why they did that?

Jan 4, 2012 3:16 PM

It seems like an assy kind of thing to do, i.e. voting something down and not saying why. I am sure that people do things for all kinds of reasons, but it is just annoying and makes me wonder if I did something wrong with a posted deal or they just don't like the product, or the seller. Anyway that is enough of my rant for the day. /soapbox

mcowan3 mcowan3

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This question is just asking to be trolled. There I left a comment as to why.

mstislavski mstislavski
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Because they can.

http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/44f3d6d6-5d26-4555-8aa1-a6378507e17a/do-you-think-negative-votes-should-count-if-there-is-no-comment-made#8

http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/3d0b3303-87bd-4518-9cd2-3ec21df37858/should-negative-votes-be-followed-up-with-a-mandatory-comment

http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/e2bda806-e488-448a-87fd-619fc6715de5/do-you-think-down-voting-should-require-a-comment

90mcg112 90mcg112
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@90mcg112: I know they can do it, but it just seems to be a d-bag kind of thing to do. If you don't like or aren't interested in a product move on to something else or leave a comment as to why you don't like it or that it has expired or something. I stay on top of the deals I post to make sure I expire them if they expire.

mcowan3 mcowan3
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I just realized that everyone is voting this down and very few people are leaving comments. Thanks, I guess I really asked for it. (C:

mcowan3 mcowan3
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@mstislavski: I guess I kinda set myself up for that. My bad

mcowan3 mcowan3
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@mcowan3: I agree with you it is a duschie way to behave. BTW, I up voted.
Every time someone up votes an angel get it's wings ;-)

brasssong brasssong
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@brasssong: @mcowan3: If you follow the way the community flows, you should understand that the reason that this question is getting negative votes, is that it is a duplicate.

eviloverlord333 eviloverlord333
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Why do people keep asking the same dumb questions over and over?

wickedd365 wickedd365
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stupid question, downvoted

dpiercy85 dpiercy85

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Not a farewell, just a forced redirect.

It's true, Local.Woot is no longer, but please don't despair.

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Sorry

This is only for people who have bought woots

We restrict voting to users who have purchased something from one of the other Woot stores. It's not just because we want your money (which we do) - it's the best way to be sure all the votes are coming from real people and not spam-bots or phony accounts. The best way we can think of, anyway. For now.

You can always get voting rights by buying something from one of Woot's other sites:

Purchases through Deals.Woot don't count, because in that case you're not buying anything from us. And we don't have your account information for those purchases.

If you think you've bought something from Woot before and still can't vote, make sure you're logged in with the same account you used to buy from us.

Geez, why so negative?

You have to vote up more before you can vote down.

Don't get us wrong. Negativity has its place. And downvotes are just as essential as upvotes when it comes to making Deals.Woot a useful place to find deals.

But when your votes lean so heavily toward the dark side, we have to wonder. Go vote up a few things. Accentuate the positive for a little while. It'll do you some good, and it'll do the site some good, too. Then you can get back to dealing out the smackdowns, OK?

Too late, we all heard you!

Hmm... you're wanting to take your vote back?

Well, that's a bit tricky. See, we do a lot of stuff with your vote, using it to work out the popularity of what you voted for, compare that to all the other things voted on, tally up our leaderboard, work out your reputation. Someday we'll do a little cartoon showing just how hard your vote is working.

Anyway, taking votes back messes all that up, so we give you five minutes, in case you just mis-clicked. After that we've got to say no take-backs. Luckily, votes are free, so feel free to throw them around left and right wherever you see fit.