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Dislikes (thumbs down) on codes - why?

Excuse me, but what exactly is the point of disliking anyone's code? Other than letting out one's frustration, that is... Even if so, why is it anonymous?? Totally prone to abuse...

29th Jan 2017, 5:35 PM
Kuba Siekierzyński
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<^> not to mention the dislikes on beginners questions: the questions may seem stupid but hey! even the best were amateurs at some point: Simply help when and where you can.
29th Jan 2017, 5:45 PM
<^>washika D<^>
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Im not a fan of it either, personally I'm not here because of the learning but rather because I want to help others learn. I find the down votes to be detrimental for beginners as these are the people the app is aimed at, it would be discouraging to get a lot of down votes on something you made as a starter.
29th Jan 2017, 5:38 PM
Alex
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Yes...completely true...why to downvote anyone's posts & codes... If u don't like that particular stuff...don't upvote that...& leave that...why downvoting & discouraging that guy... For instance... when this new challenge system was introduced... I posted questions against this decision because it's unfair...but many of the peers neither tried to understand the problem... nor they supported that...only downvoting... Sometimes they downvote just without reading a post...terrible stupidity...
30th Jan 2017, 1:33 PM
★★★
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I only dislike those who copy others codes, getting inspired is a different thing and copying is different
31st Jan 2017, 6:49 PM
Utkαrsh
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Sometimes I accidentally downvote due to 'fat fingers error', and there's a weird bug with replies where sometimes you can click through them to the icons behind (in fact I just did it). I don't always catch those. Code downvotes may be because it doesn't work on the web and you intended it to run on mobile. At first I didn't even realize I could access the website code playground, because I just use Android for everything and links always sent me to the app. There're also slight differences between the mobiles that can make them crash when most of them work fine (ValentinHacker and Burey especially have experience with this). ...and now I'm going to clear the accidental downvote I just did on the last post...which happened behind the reply panel I'm speaking into!
31st Jan 2017, 2:49 PM
Kirk Schafer
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Yes, it can be so discouraging to beginners!
30th Jan 2017, 10:52 PM
Peter Mutembei
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Haha, there are so many s*** codes on Trending and is why this dislike system is invented.
31st Jan 2017, 2:52 PM
David Sebastian Keshvi Illiakis
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Yes, True. They should not do it. It is not motivational at all :)
30th Jan 2017, 3:08 AM
NEVEN RAJ KAUNDER A/L SIVA RAJA -
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I am using Android and I have it in the code playground, in the tricolon menu, next to 'Share' (upper-right corner of the screen).
11th Feb 2017, 1:36 PM
Kuba Siekierzyński
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i agree if you thumb down a question there had better be a post explaining your reason to the creator. all else is just being rude.
30th Jan 2017, 3:36 PM
david schlemmer
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Oh, I think there is a report button while viewing the code...
11th Feb 2017, 1:31 PM
Kuba Siekierzyński
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you r a student, who try to improve himself with solo learn.. you shouldn't feel frustration... keeps learning buddy... :)
1st Feb 2017, 8:45 PM
Towhid Hasnein
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<^>lol<^>
12th Feb 2017, 5:24 PM
Max Zheltikov
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opss 1 things... gives every people thumbs up.. its gives a student more keenness....
1st Feb 2017, 8:50 PM
Towhid Hasnein
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Indislike codes if they are written badly, but of course not when they are written by beginners
7th Feb 2017, 5:07 PM
Mythiotis
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Just to be mean
2nd Feb 2017, 4:11 AM
Dominik Martinez
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