Is the voting of posts and codes somehow unfair?? SHARE YOUR OPINION...

Question

Most of us are regular participants in Q&A Discussions and I think you have already noticed that some posts of the type:"I reached gold/platinium" or "I unlocked a badge/won n challenges" take a lots of upvotes, while other posts like "how to use canvas/what is the difference between...", I mean coding related questions not only don't get upvotes, but they are downvoted too.
So I think we should become more responsible and open-minded, just like the Sololearn Community has to be...
Share your thoughts...

Answer 1

It's hard to enforce. The one question that comes to mind when people make these threads is that, other people have done the same in the past, so why is it wrong for me to do so? This issue is also a grey spot in moderation. Unless SoloLearn gives clear and direct yes/no answer as to what should be done, there will always be off topic threads growing like cancer cells.

Answer 2

Let's keep things on topic. The friend and the whole website link wasn't so much of an issue.

Answer 3

@Ledio Deda
someone asked for advice about a friend's website it got 3 downvotes even though it was related to coding
https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/592631/your-oppinion-about-my-friends-first-website-d

Answer 4

I know this post might take too many upvotes, but I just want to know your opinions and to awareness all of us.

Answer 5

Yes guys, there is no point to continue discussing about that wepage...

Answer 6

agree with you on this.
we should upvote questions which solve a particular Challenge & has a good answer to it this way searching it later becomes more efficient.

Answer 7

😅Actually that post gave me the idea to post this question😅
And there are more like that...

Answer 8

True and understand. But even if not perfect, we can do much better than this right?? I mean at least we should be reasonable for what we vote...

Answer 9

Personally I think that downvotes (DV) should not exist. The point of the platform is to help each other learn...how exactly do DV contribute to learning? To me, a DV is the attribution of bad motive, as if to scolded one. I assume everyone on the platform wants to learn, so rather than a DV, why not give a reply and help the person with an explanation (of course that assumes that you want to help people learn rather than brag about yourself). Bragging builds one up and pushes others down. That is what a DV does as well...just saying.

So why not eliminate the DV, it will make SoloLearn a better platform for learning. If a comment is spam it can be reported. If you don't like a comment or code, don't upvote it. If an answer is wrong or off the mark why not reply and explain why.

If someone's comments are abusive or unkind, report it.

That's my two cents.

I have determined that I will not use the DV functionality of the app as I feel it misses the mark on the spirit of the platform.

Answer 10

@Krishna
Exactly. If you take a look at trending, a lot of the posts are:(Example)
Reached platinium
Missing great sololearners
Challenges 100%
Chat therad😤😥
I mean you got the point...

Answer 11

@Animation About that "friend", i managed to see her website, but he/she just put the wrong link maybe, because when you skip the add, you reach his/her website...
But its not all about that...
And sorry (i didn't understand your first opinion correctly😕)

Answer 12

Other than terminating these showoffs saying : I got a certificate in : HTML , C# , C++ , JS , etc..... Wbu? / and these downvoters for no reason , SL needs nothing else
Edit : and these upvote hunters saying upvote if you agree ( mostly known on YouTube )

Answer 13

yeah Hatsy

Answer 14

@Lord Krishna , that "friend" was pretending , if you visit that website the dude said she's fake

Answer 15

tbiman.webs.com said that a fake friend was lying on SL