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A '''downvoter''' is someone who uses a YTMND account mostly to downgrade the rankings of many sites by giving them the lowest possible score. This is known at YTMND as '''downvoting'''. Once a site has been downvoted, its overall average rating suffers, making it difficult to restore and less likely to draw attention to potential viewers. What sets a downvoter apart from a normal user is a tendency to give a site a rating of {{*}}- In some cases, this rating is given despite the site's quality.
  
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A '''downvoter''' is someone who uses a YTMND account mostly to downgrade the rankings of many sites by giving them the lowest possible score. This is known at YTMND as '''downvoting'''. Once a site has been downvoted, its overall average rating suffers, making it difficult to restore and less likely to draw attention to potential viewers. What sets a downvoter apart from a normal user is how a downvoter almost always rates each site with {{*}}, which is the lowest vote one can get, and comprises 50% of all votes made on YTMND, (the other half being 5 stars). The one star rating is given despite the quality of the site.
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Some downvoters often perform their actions by going to the profile of a targeted user and downvoting all their sites. This was accomplished without viewing the sites themselves. These are known as ''revenge'' or ''blind'' downvotes. [[Max]] has taken measures to prevent or discourage revenge downvoting by deleting duplicate accounts created for such purposes. One such occasion resulted in the deletetion of 2,211 duplicate accounts, reversing over 250,000 votes. A feature was later implemented that required users to load a YTMND in their web browser before being allowed to vote on it.  
  
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Downvoters often perform their actions by going to the profile of a targeted user and downvoting all their sites. This was accomplished without viewing the sites themselves.  [[Max]] has taken measures to prevent or discourage  downvoters by deleting their accounts. At one time, Max deleted 2,211 downvoter accounts, reversing over 250,000 votes. A feature was later implemented that required users to view a YTMND before being allowed to vote on it. Still, many users such as [http://ytmnd.com/users/Samoht/ Samoht] make it their goal to downvote more sites than anyone else on YTMND.  There is a distinction to be made between extremely picky voters and a true downvoter who does not choose to sit through the sites they vote on. <sup>[http://www.ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=33]</sup> Some of the more famous downvoters (such as [[Adverb]], [[inkdrinker]], and [[Tehpwner2]]) remain on the user list and are active in their downvoting.
 
  
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== Downvoter Stereotypes ==
  
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== The Many Species of Downvoters ==
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These are intended only to explain certain behavioral patterns regarding any given user's downvotes.
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'''Fad Haters''':
 
'''Fad Haters''':
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Any users that will downvote any site that mentions a specific fad Ex: The Cosby Fad had quite a few fad haters
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Any users that will downvote any site that is centered around or makes references to a specific fad. For example, a site featuring Bill Cosby's voice remixed into music will result in downvotes from users that despise the Cosby fad.
  
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'''User Haters''':
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'''Revenge Downvoters''':
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Any users that will go out of their way to downvote a specific user due to their hatred towards that user, their jealousy towards that user, or that user gave them a low vote on one of their sites.
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Generally, the revenge downvoter delivers a rating of one star to all of a particular user's sites. This is often due to receiving a ranking from the victim of the revenge downvoter that the downvoter considers unfair or unsatisfactory or as countermeasures against said kinds of votes on popular sites or sites made by popular users.
  
 
'''Glory Hogs''':
 
'''Glory Hogs''':
 
A user that has a site that makes it to the up and comming section that will downvote the other sites in up and comming to keep theirs in that section.
 
A user that has a site that makes it to the up and comming section that will downvote the other sites in up and comming to keep theirs in that section.
  
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'''"NARV Countermeasures"''':
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'''Grammar Nazis''':
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These users will attempt to justify their downvotes by saying they are countering NARV votes which in reality is a wasted effort and most likely just wanted to downvote the site.
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These users will downvote on the slightest indication of a spelling or grammatical error. Generally, this applies to text-heavy YTMNDs.
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'''Grammar Nazi's''':
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These users will downvote on the slightest indication of a spelling or grammatical error.
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'''Shock Haters''':
 
'''Shock Haters''':
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These users will downvote shock sites,and sites featuring animal cruelty
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These users will downvote shock sites and sites featuring animal cruelty. One incidence of this resulted in the birth of the NEDM fad.
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'''Famousers''':
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Gimmick accounts intentionally created to be hated by all YTMND, attempting to one give 1 star to more sites than any other user and hopefully end up the 'star' of several YTMNDs reacting to their actions. ie. [http://ytmnd.com/users/Punisher/ Punisher]
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But not to be confused with a downvoter is the more common form of voter the critic. All because you get a 1 from some one does not mean they are a downvoter, it simply means that they felt your site was crap. And you should by no means go and 1 their sites because they didn't like yours.
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'''Attention Whores''':
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Accounts created solely for the purpose of drawing attention to themselves. These may exist for any number of reasons, but in the world of the downvoter, an attention whore will generally one-star a site and leave an extremely abrasive or obnoxious comment (Ex. "You fail, please try again ^_^"), resulting in a very wide (and very bad) reputation.
  
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When dealing with low votes you should by no means at all PM the user that gave you a low vote as it will result in pointless fighting amongst you two and most users have their minds set on the vote they choose regardless of what BS excuse you come up with.
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'''Critics''':
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These users generally tend to express a higher level of rationality and discretion than other downvoters. If they give a site a rating of {{*}}, they either offer constructive criticism (express or implied) that directs an author on how they must improve his or her YTMND, or they simply take time to seriously explain why they did not like that YTMND.
  
 
The opposite of a downvoter is an [[upvote]]r.
 
The opposite of a downvoter is an [[upvote]]r.
  
 
[[Category:YTMND slang]]
 
[[Category:YTMND slang]]

Revision as of 23:42, August 9, 2006

A downvoter is someone who uses a YTMND account mostly to downgrade the rankings of many sites by giving them the lowest possible score. This is known at YTMND as downvoting. Once a site has been downvoted, its overall average rating suffers, making it difficult to restore and less likely to draw attention to potential viewers. What sets a downvoter apart from a normal user is a tendency to give a site a rating of *- In some cases, this rating is given despite the site's quality.

Some downvoters often perform their actions by going to the profile of a targeted user and downvoting all their sites. This was accomplished without viewing the sites themselves. These are known as revenge or blind downvotes. Max has taken measures to prevent or discourage revenge downvoting by deleting duplicate accounts created for such purposes. One such occasion resulted in the deletetion of 2,211 duplicate accounts, reversing over 250,000 votes. A feature was later implemented that required users to load a YTMND in their web browser before being allowed to vote on it.


Downvoter Stereotypes

These are intended only to explain certain behavioral patterns regarding any given user's downvotes.

Fad Haters: Any users that will downvote any site that is centered around or makes references to a specific fad. For example, a site featuring Bill Cosby's voice remixed into music will result in downvotes from users that despise the Cosby fad.

Revenge Downvoters: Generally, the revenge downvoter delivers a rating of one star to all of a particular user's sites. This is often due to receiving a ranking from the victim of the revenge downvoter that the downvoter considers unfair or unsatisfactory or as countermeasures against said kinds of votes on popular sites or sites made by popular users.

Glory Hogs: A user that has a site that makes it to the up and comming section that will downvote the other sites in up and comming to keep theirs in that section.

Grammar Nazis: These users will downvote on the slightest indication of a spelling or grammatical error. Generally, this applies to text-heavy YTMNDs.

Shock Haters: These users will downvote shock sites and sites featuring animal cruelty. One incidence of this resulted in the birth of the NEDM fad.

Attention Whores: Accounts created solely for the purpose of drawing attention to themselves. These may exist for any number of reasons, but in the world of the downvoter, an attention whore will generally one-star a site and leave an extremely abrasive or obnoxious comment (Ex. "You fail, please try again ^_^"), resulting in a very wide (and very bad) reputation.

Critics: These users generally tend to express a higher level of rationality and discretion than other downvoters. If they give a site a rating of *, they either offer constructive criticism (express or implied) that directs an author on how they must improve his or her YTMND, or they simply take time to seriously explain why they did not like that YTMND.

The opposite of a downvoter is an upvoter.

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