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Why do you cast downvotes on answers?
What are the criteria to down-vote an answer?
Should an answer be down-voted only if it is not correct, or there are other criteria too?
- 2It says "This answer is not useful" on the tooltip.ChrisF– ChrisF2009-12-19 11:35:16 +00:00Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 11:35
- 2Here you go: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2451/…random– random2009-12-19 11:38:04 +00:00Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 11:38
- 3There are rules? I always downvoted whenever I felt like it.Georg Schölly– Georg Schölly2009-12-19 11:44:08 +00:00Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 11:44
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This is how I see it:
- It does not provide any useful information
- It does not answer this particular question but something else
- It contains wrong information that could lead to misunderstanding of some concept
You should absolutely take a neutral point and never downvote an answer if you personally dislike the author or if the answer addresses some annoying issue that irritates you but still (unfortunately) happens to be true. As they say, don't kill the messenger.