Some people voted this up, others down- currently it’s at −1. Somehow, though, I ended up with 22 less karma points then before I posted it and it was my first post in months. Initially I mistakenly posted it to “General” instead of “Discussion”. I moved it as soon as it was pointed out to me, at which point it had −1. I’m not upset, I have a thick skin, but I’m curious about how and why I lost 20 other karma points. Perhaps many people had already downloaded it when it was posted to “general” and voted it down? Either that, or one or more people went through my very old comments and posts down voting.
Sorry about the link being to a pay site, I still thought it was an interesting finding. I posted it without a discussion because I thought the abstract spoke for itself. Also, I’ve been told that I shouldn’t write a summary of what I link to.
You lost 10 points from the downvote in Main. Moving, deleting, or doing anything to a post doesn’t change karma gained or lost from it, and votes on posts are worth 10 points in Main.
The other 10 might be another downvote in Main before you moved, though that’s a narrow time window.
Thanks for explaining that to me. It probably was two down votes in Main, as it showed up as ten points gone, and then another ten points gone shortly there after.
Some people voted this up, others down- currently it’s at −1. Somehow, though, I ended up with 22 less karma points then before I posted it and it was my first post in months. Initially I mistakenly posted it to “General” instead of “Discussion”. I moved it as soon as it was pointed out to me, at which point it had −1. I’m not upset, I have a thick skin, but I’m curious about how and why I lost 20 other karma points. Perhaps many people had already downloaded it when it was posted to “general” and voted it down? Either that, or one or more people went through my very old comments and posts down voting.
Sorry about the link being to a pay site, I still thought it was an interesting finding. I posted it without a discussion because I thought the abstract spoke for itself. Also, I’ve been told that I shouldn’t write a summary of what I link to.
You lost 10 points from the downvote in Main. Moving, deleting, or doing anything to a post doesn’t change karma gained or lost from it, and votes on posts are worth 10 points in Main.
The other 10 might be another downvote in Main before you moved, though that’s a narrow time window.
This seems like [edit:] an undesirable feature in this case.
Thanks for explaining that to me. It probably was two down votes in Main, as it showed up as ten points gone, and then another ten points gone shortly there after.