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Are spoilers a reason to get downvotes?
No, they are not.
First of all, there is nothing wrong with asking a question that contains spoilers and it is absolutely no requirement to use spoiler blocks in the question body (in fact, they are ...
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I got downvoted for asking help with a movie that I barely ever remember
Did you see this?
Probably not, given you didn't use the "identify-this-movie" tag.
But if you had seen it, you'd have gotten a link to this handy wiki, which advises:
Post as much information ...
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Explain down votes
No
Firstly, we don't have to explain why we downvote... the reason is right there when you hover over the downvote arrow.
This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful.
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Questions on if or when a movie or show will be released
From the Help Center, the following is shown as off topic:
A title's release date or rumors about a specific title or series.
So in my opinion, questions about if or when something will be ...
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Should Movies & TV SE participate in the 1 reputation voting experiment?
No
This answer is provided so people can vote for it if they oppose participating. Some reasons to not participate:
Accounts could be created and used to vote and then abandoned.
Users who have not ...
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Is it fair to downvote a poorly constructed question by a new user
The following is a rather general and not very definite answer, but well, it isn't a particularly easy or clear-cut topic in the first place and I'll try to illuminate the subject from various angles.
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Why was this question heavily downvoted for seemingly "technical" issues?
I didn't downvote, but I am not sure about the others.
However, the reasons I can think of are,
Not a clear definition of what Manspreading is.
Linking to Wiki page instead of a clip. You can more ...
A JMod
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How much reputation for a question upvote?
I refer you to the help-center reputation page, which confirms that question upvotes give +5 reputation.
iandotkellyMod
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Why was this question heavily downvoted for seemingly "technical" issues?
I downvoted it after you insulted the person who provided the correct answer -
including a clip that demonstrated that you had selected an overly edited clip that removed the context explaining the ...
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Why was this question heavily downvoted for seemingly "technical" issues?
Not everyone that votes add comments, so don't get too caught up on that. Also it's not heavily downvoted, as far as I see it's only 3 downvotes!
I can't speak for everyone but I suppose it's because ...
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Question got reputation for 2 upvotes but showing 1 upvote in the post
The user's question did indeed get a downvote, as can be seen by any user with the privileges for showing the vote differences on question:
The reason he didn't get a reputation change from the ...
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Do you think this title needs change?
First of all, while not particularly off-topic on this per-site meta, such discussions about the broader workings of the SE framework usually fare better on the main meta site.
That being said, I ...
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If someone's reputations come back to below 15
No, those votes won't be erased. Votes are only erased in case of voting fraud (massively voting on posts from specific other users) and when a user deletes their account.
I looked for an ...
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Why do we lose one reputation by downvoting posts?
The motivation behind it is to put emphasis on up-voting or not voting
at all. This way, down votes will carry more weight and it will also
prevent users from abusing the system by down-voting ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible