Why downvote nodes without commenting on them?
I think you're having problems seeing the forest for the trees. This site is for the discussion of Perl. The whole XP thing is a meta-issue. Forget XP. XP doesn't exist. It's an imaginary number.
But, to answer your question, I downvote nodes for the following reasons:
- Flaming, trolling or other impolite rhetoric, either on topic or directed at a Perl Monks member
- Completely wrong answers
- Continuing to worry the bone long after the marrow's gone (that's a metaphor)
- Whining about XP
In your case, I did not downvote the parent node, but I did downvote a few of your more frantic replies.
XP is a game. Leave it alone. Spend more time learning and understanding the world of Perl and less time obsessing over XP. Please.
Alex / talexb / Toronto
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