What is meta? ×  I just had the case on SO that I answered a
question very quickly and after my answer the OP made an update
to the question so that it became more concrete.  I then
received a downvote because my answer didn't fit the question
anymore.  Wouldn't it make sense to lock downvoting after the
question has changed? At least for some time, maybe with a
notification, so that I have at least the chance to react on the
update/edit?   As @ChrisF mentioned, another way could be to
warn the potential downvoter that the question was updated since
the answer was given.  share|improve this question How about a
popup on voting if the question has been edited since the answer
was posted/last edited? Though I'm not really sure it's a good
idea. –  ChrisF Jan 30 '11 at 19:06 @ChrisF: You mean something
like "Do you really want to downvote this answer? This question
was edited since this answer was given!"? I think that would be
a good idea. –  Martin Buberl Jan 30 '11 at 19:08 Something
along those lines, but I