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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by avip on Sunday June 30, 2019 @02:54PM (#20319776)
What's the point in downvoting the answer that outlines the reasoning (with which no one is forced to agree) behind the changes? It seems utterly childish. Does the SO "community" cannot grasp the fact the site needs to sustain itself somehow?
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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by _kst_ on Sunday June 30, 2019 @04:49PM (#20320409)
By convention on Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites, voting works differently on the meta.* sites.

On the main sites, downvoting means "this is a bad question or answer" or "this answer is incorrect".

On the meta sites, downvoting means "I disagree with this".

https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/270/167210

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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by jstarfish on Sunday June 30, 2019 @03:10PM (#20319873)
This is the case on every single site that enables content placement by user sentiment.

Downvotes are the digital tantrum.

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