If you want Karma to be about more or less of this on LW, then the first strategy seems to match that. And adjust (removing or reversing your vote) if others vote to the level you think is right.
I think there’s enough others on the site that #2 tends to happen, regardless of your intent, so maybe don’t worry much about that.
In fact, don’t worry much about any of it—karma is lightweight and noisy, and it’s a mistake to treat it as a particularly fine-grained signal.
If you want Karma to be about more or less of this on LW, then the first strategy seems to match that. And adjust (removing or reversing your vote) if others vote to the level you think is right.
I think there’s enough others on the site that #2 tends to happen, regardless of your intent, so maybe don’t worry much about that.
In fact, don’t worry much about any of it—karma is lightweight and noisy, and it’s a mistake to treat it as a particularly fine-grained signal.