and further replies in that subthread will incur 5 karma points penalty.
Is there still a warning given about this five point penalty? I ask because I it presumably exists but I have yet to see it, either after this change or the previous change. If it does exist I must just have never wanted to reply to a comment that has been significantly downvoted and, more recently, never have wanted to reply to a comment with a downvoted ancestor.
Went to this comment, which has (right now) a score of −9 and a child with a score of +12 and a grandchild with a score of +4.
Recorded my karma score (9686).
Attempted to reply to the downvoted comment; got the warning.
Didn’t post a reply.
Attempted to reply to the upvoted child; got the warning (which, incidentally, warns about replying to downvoted comments, which might be confusing).
Didn’t post a reply.
Also performed the following experiment:
Went to this post, which has (right now) a score of −9 and some upvoted comments.
Checked my karma score (9686). I assume the −1 is just because someone downvoted something in the minute or so it took me to do that.
(Incidentally, I would still love a feature where I could review recent upvotes and downvotes applied to me… to the extent that karma is intended as feedback for the poster, it helps to have some way of associating that feedback with the actual thing being evaluated. Knowing that I said something at some time that someone wants less of on LW doesn’t really help me much.)
(Incidentally, I would still love a feature where I could review recent upvotes and downvotes applied to me… to the extent that karma is intended as feedback for the poster, it helps to have some way of associating that feedback with the actual thing being evaluated. Knowing that I said something at some time that someone wants less of on LW doesn’t really help me much.)
(Incidentally, I would still love a feature where I could review recent upvotes and downvotes applied to me… to the extent that karma is intended as feedback for the poster, it helps to have some way of associating that feedback with the actual thing being evaluated. Knowing that I said something at some time that someone wants less of on LW doesn’t really help me much.)
As I think I said elsewhere, I no longer even bother to notice the last two digits in my total karma, or the last digit in my last-30-days karma.
(nods)
I’ve concluded from a few rounds of attending to numbers that in a typical one-week period, I’m likely to see a digit or two of shift due to voting on old (knocked off my user page) comments.
Is there still a warning given about this five point penalty? I ask because I it presumably exists but I have yet to see it, either after this change or the previous change. If it does exist I must just have never wanted to reply to a comment that has been significantly downvoted and, more recently, never have wanted to reply to a comment with a downvoted ancestor.
Performed the following experiment:
Went to this comment, which has (right now) a score of −9 and a child with a score of +12 and a grandchild with a score of +4.
Recorded my karma score (9686).
Attempted to reply to the downvoted comment; got the warning. Didn’t post a reply.
Attempted to reply to the upvoted child; got the warning (which, incidentally, warns about replying to downvoted comments, which might be confusing). Didn’t post a reply.
Also performed the following experiment:
Went to this post, which has (right now) a score of −9 and some upvoted comments.
Recorded my karma score (9687).
Attempted to reply to the post, no warning.
Submitted this comment
Checked my karma score (9686). I assume the −1 is just because someone downvoted something in the minute or so it took me to do that.
(Incidentally, I would still love a feature where I could review recent upvotes and downvotes applied to me… to the extent that karma is intended as feedback for the poster, it helps to have some way of associating that feedback with the actual thing being evaluated. Knowing that I said something at some time that someone wants less of on LW doesn’t really help me much.)
Definitely this.
(There is a bug report about this issue.)
As I think I said elsewhere, I no longer even bother to notice the last two digits in my total karma, or the last digit in my last-30-days karma.
Which sounds like it makes karma even less useful as feedback for you than for me.
I do skim my user page to take a look at my recent comments’ karma scores about once a day or so.
(nods) I’ve concluded from a few rounds of attending to numbers that in a typical one-week period, I’m likely to see a digit or two of shift due to voting on old (knocked off my user page) comments.