perlmeditation Jouke Downvoting people seems popular. It's not that nodes are downvoted, no, people are being downvoted. [merlyn] has spent considerable time and effor trying to figure out who it was that kept downvoting his nodes, which caused even more downvoting I think<br><br> I myself have been a 'victim' of this too, but frankly I don't care anymore. If people want to downvote my nodes, let them go ahead. Thanx to the [reputer] I see that when I say something on the CB that other people don't like, or if I make a post that people don't agree with, they start downvoting all my nodes, especially the ones with low reputations. Very childisch if you ask me, but I let them...<br><br> What I'm really wondering is what motivates people to start downvoting random nodes. According to an [Anonymous Monk] who responded to [id://83879], I deserved being downvoted because:<br> <ul> <li>I mentioned my node on the CB <li>I linked to an earlier node on that posting <li>I started to complain about being downvoted in the CB </ul> It may sound strange, but I don't think those are reasons to start downvoting at all. If I don't agree with a posting (the idea is bad my opinion in a discussion or meditation), if a posting attacks other monks unfairly in my opinion, if a question is being asked without showing any effort from the person who asks, in all these cases I can agree if people downvote it, but I can be wrong.<br><br> I wondered what are <b>your</b> considerations when you start downvoting nodes?<br> Oh yeah, if you downvote this node, please explain to me why. I really want to know! <br><br> <i>Jouke Visser, Perl 'Adept'</i><br> <small>Using Perl to help the disabled: <a href="http://jouke.perlmonk.org">pVoice and pStory</a>