it is generally quietly downvoted rather than openly critiqued
I’m not sure if this is better or worse. People often get confused and frustrated by downvotes without explanation (cf. the “Why am I being downvoted?” comments in response to one’s own comments, sometimes from fairly experienced users). And newer users are less likely to intuit the probable reason for the downvotes.
Is there a “Why might my post/comment be getting downvotes and/or little engagement” writeup somewhere? If not, maybe I should sketch that at some point as it might give people some general understanding to those users (and/or allow those offering feedback to do so more efficiently—“much of it relates to reason 3 in the writeup” rather than writing reason 3 out themselves).
I’m not sure if this is better or worse. People often get confused and frustrated by downvotes without explanation (cf. the “Why am I being downvoted?” comments in response to one’s own comments, sometimes from fairly experienced users). And newer users are less likely to intuit the probable reason for the downvotes.
Is there a “Why might my post/comment be getting downvotes and/or little engagement” writeup somewhere? If not, maybe I should sketch that at some point as it might give people some general understanding to those users (and/or allow those offering feedback to do so more efficiently—“much of it relates to reason 3 in the writeup” rather than writing reason 3 out themselves).