Excessively aggressive comments may not themselves contain objectionable content, but they tend to have a deleterious effect on the conversation, which certainly does affect subsequent content.
(General “you”) Only if you see the partner who is the target of aggression as your equal. If you get the impression that target is below your status, or deserves to be, you will reward the comment’s aggression with an upvote.
Are you speaking descriptively, or normatively? Your “karma is really about” statement led me to believe the latter, but this comment seems to lean toward the former. Could you link to some aggressive comments whose upvotes appear to be driven by status rather than the content they’re replying to?
(General “you”) Only if you see the partner who is the target of aggression as your equal. If you get the impression that target is below your status, or deserves to be, you will reward the comment’s aggression with an upvote.
Are you speaking descriptively, or normatively? Your “karma is really about” statement led me to believe the latter, but this comment seems to lean toward the former. Could you link to some aggressive comments whose upvotes appear to be driven by status rather than the content they’re replying to?
Descriptively. I’ll dig some up.
Ding! This is a reminder. It’s been 12 days since you promised to dig some up.