I got some down votes recently. When someone gives me a down vote and describe his logic, somehow it helps me to get the point and improve. But sometimes no one said nothing and just gives a down vote. When, I couldn't find any reason behind the down vote, it feels frustrating. I know, when any use down vote any question or answer, there pop up a window and tells to describe the reason. But not every one takes it seriously. So, I though about it, if it can be mandatory to describe the reason of down voting, may be it will be good for users.
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If you provide links to your downvoted answers, we can probably try to find explanations.
Personally, I would not make it mandatory to write a reason for every downvote. Generally, I try to comment on my downvotes if I think there is a chance for improvement but some answers/questions should be downvoted as fast as possible and a mandatory essay is not going to help.
I can only recommend not to take a few scattered downvotes too seriously or personally.
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Can you help me to find out the reason please: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/48604/…– EmiCommented Jan 23, 2013 at 10:17
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@Emi I think the question was how to return the value 763. If that is the case, your answer does not match the question.– underdark ModCommented Jan 23, 2013 at 10:45
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Ohh, then I just misunderstood the question. I thought he asked for 2nd last value of 2nd column of each raw. Then, I think, may be he should tell me that and I could make the answer right. Anyway, thanks– EmiCommented Jan 23, 2013 at 11:42