Granted that I and most people upvote and downvote to get post ratings to where we think they should be,
(This factor applies most significantly to mid-quality contributions. There is a threshold beyond which votes tend to just spiral off towards infinity.)
I think this is the only example I have seen of a negative infinity spiral on LW. The OP shouldn’t be too discouraged, if what you are saying is right (and I think it is). Content rated approaching negative infinity isn’t (adjudged) that much worse than content with a high negative rating.
(This factor applies most significantly to mid-quality contributions. There is a threshold beyond which votes tend to just spiral off towards infinity.)
I think this is the only example I have seen of a negative infinity spiral on LW. The OP shouldn’t be too discouraged, if what you are saying is right (and I think it is). Content rated approaching negative infinity isn’t (adjudged) that much worse than content with a high negative rating.