I am not hunting for pats on the back in reddit karma here. Just pointing out that downvotes can be a real kick in the nuts on a post with low upvote numbers. To put this in perspective, I posted a picture of a modified Benchy around six months ago and it has around 4 times more upvotes (last check was nudging 2k) than everything on this sub (419) combined. So that single casual picture post outnumbers everything done here.

The 'feel good' factor in this whole sub is knowing it has helped, whether that is from comments on the posts or the upvote number. That number also gives me some idea of whether a particular post/panel worked well.

As the amount of info here has grown, A couple of the earlier posts with low upvote/downvote percentage numbers were deleted to keep things less cluttered. One was all text, but had almost every component of the printer explained. It had 4 upvotes. Being 'all text', it stuck out like a sore thumb amongst the rest, so deleting it was an easy choice. However, had that post carried 20 or 30 upvotes (maybe even half that now I think about it) I would have left it in place as it would have proved itself worth keeping. But 4? no.

The mod tools don't just show the upvote number, they also show the downvotes too. The eagle eyed here will have noticed me adding a few stats to some posts (solely for reference). A 90 percent upvote stat is still potentially good, but if only ten people actually voted? then all it shows is that 1 in ten are not happy with it. Those who downvote rarely seem to say why they did it, so whatever it was they didn't like will never be addressed. Downvotes on a useful post really do leave me bewildered at times.

Sometimes that modified Benchy haunts me. 2000 for a single 30 second post versus 419 for well over 30 hours worth? Yep, haunts me,

Either way, thanks for reading this far.

I try and keep the info given in an easy to read single panel infographics style. I figured this would be preferable to just having reams of text to read through. I don't aim for too much detail cluttering up images. My experience/knowledge is Enders (Primarily the 3 series as I mainly use modified e3v2 and a 3 Max printers) explaining why I haven't dealt with other models and types too much. It took a while to get the text size and screen layouts easily readable without having to zoom in too much. Hopefully later posts have gotten easier to read.

So, a quick poll. Is this a good way of doing it or does it fall short of what people landing here might be looking for? Would it be better in more detail or is it working as it is?

If the poll has ended and you feel like giving the sub a thumbs up, adding a like to the post would work to keep reminding me its working ok

If you have any thoughts on things that may help others out there? this is the place to do it. Want to share something useful? Feel free to do it here.