Please try to not take the negative feedback personally. I hope it will not discourage you from contributing in the future.
My best guess what happened with your previous post was that a lot of people either disliked the proposal, or disliked the fact the you seem to set on creating something “hard to abandon” without seeking much input from the community before. Downvoting the post is cheap way to express such feeling.
I agree that if people collectively downvote, in particular strong downvote, without explaining why, the result of the collective action is bad. (On the other hand it is easy to see why: explanations are costly. I explained why I don’t like the proposal, but that may mean I will bear more of the social costs of disagreement or conflict.)
Please try to not take the negative feedback personally. I hope it will not discourage you from contributing in the future.
My best guess what happened with your previous post was that a lot of people either disliked the proposal, or disliked the fact the you seem to set on creating something “hard to abandon” without seeking much input from the community before. Downvoting the post is cheap way to express such feeling.
I agree that if people collectively downvote, in particular strong downvote, without explaining why, the result of the collective action is bad. (On the other hand it is easy to see why: explanations are costly. I explained why I don’t like the proposal, but that may mean I will bear more of the social costs of disagreement or conflict.)