Observe the neutral karma score of my rude comment, at least as of now … Everybody who upvoted my rude comment, or was tempted to? …
Now I’m almost sorry I didn’t see your comment while it had neutral karma. I believe I wouldn’t have upvoted it, but that’s exactly the kind of judgement I don’t trust.
Okay, I generally have a rule to never upvote comments that speak about their own karma (“it may get me downvoted”), so at least that would have stopped me, if nothing else.
Lukas’ karma for the comment I responded to was quite negative when mine was neutral, as well (down to −5 at one point, if my memory serves me well, which is an iffy prospect). By turning Lukas into the underdog in this conversation (by identifying myself as a bully), I’ve changed people’s perceptions of his comment, as well.
That part wasn’t intentional, but in retrospect, it should have been an obvious side effect.
I actually inserted the “it may get me downvoted” as a signal, although I don’t recall what the purpose of the signal was, and it’s not obvious to me now. Pity.
Now I’m almost sorry I didn’t see your comment while it had neutral karma. I believe I wouldn’t have upvoted it, but that’s exactly the kind of judgement I don’t trust.
Okay, I generally have a rule to never upvote comments that speak about their own karma (“it may get me downvoted”), so at least that would have stopped me, if nothing else.
Anyway… such drama… so meta… wow
Lukas’ karma for the comment I responded to was quite negative when mine was neutral, as well (down to −5 at one point, if my memory serves me well, which is an iffy prospect). By turning Lukas into the underdog in this conversation (by identifying myself as a bully), I’ve changed people’s perceptions of his comment, as well.
That part wasn’t intentional, but in retrospect, it should have been an obvious side effect.
I actually inserted the “it may get me downvoted” as a signal, although I don’t recall what the purpose of the signal was, and it’s not obvious to me now. Pity.