The behavior isn’t negative, but the perception of it is, therefore I’m unjustified in being quite disgusted by it?
I express disgust with specific instances of voting. I downvote generalised defiance and “I’m going to leave” bluster. It’s not a big deal—I just prefer that people don’t make comments like that and so I downvote them.
And suggesting that someone is a troll is by far the most bathetic exercise of non-rational discourse. But, go ahead, down-vote this, too, if you feel better by it.
The specific comment contained trollspeak—you are not a troll.
I express disgust with specific instances of voting.
Okay, I see your point. But the way the voting system is set up, it generalizes across one’s presence on the website, hence “karma”.
To be clear, I wasn’t being “defiant”. I asked a very specific question, expecting specific input, not a down-vote and being told (in a “put up or shut up” fashion) that I am just wrong. Well, LW is looking less inviting as a place for truly “rational discourse”. But I digress.
“I’m going to leave” bluster.
I thought it was clear that if the question was answered in the affirmative (with clear reasoning), then it would be reasonable for someone to leave such a forum. I stand by that, too, because it would be a waste of my time to put thought into posts and to have them down-voted out of existence. It is wise for a community (if that’s what it is) to consider its own nature from a meta-stand point. Is LW a treasure trove of instances of “fooling oneself”? A case study leads to many others.
I express disgust with specific instances of voting. I downvote generalised defiance and “I’m going to leave” bluster. It’s not a big deal—I just prefer that people don’t make comments like that and so I downvote them.
The specific comment contained trollspeak—you are not a troll.
Okay, I see your point. But the way the voting system is set up, it generalizes across one’s presence on the website, hence “karma”.
To be clear, I wasn’t being “defiant”. I asked a very specific question, expecting specific input, not a down-vote and being told (in a “put up or shut up” fashion) that I am just wrong. Well, LW is looking less inviting as a place for truly “rational discourse”. But I digress.
I thought it was clear that if the question was answered in the affirmative (with clear reasoning), then it would be reasonable for someone to leave such a forum. I stand by that, too, because it would be a waste of my time to put thought into posts and to have them down-voted out of existence. It is wise for a community (if that’s what it is) to consider its own nature from a meta-stand point. Is LW a treasure trove of instances of “fooling oneself”? A case study leads to many others.