JoshuaZ comments on Karma Changes - Less Wrong

2 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 December 2009 12:17AM

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Comment author: Houshalter 18 June 2010 07:35:14PM 0 points [-]

I have negative karma to the point where I will probably never get it back :'(

Note that downvoting a post costs 10 karma from your downvote cap of 4x current karma.

Wait, downvoting costs karma? I might have downvoted a post once back when I had karma. That might explain it. Can I take it back? Please?

Comment author: JoshuaZ 18 June 2010 09:21:13PM *  1 point [-]

Downvoting doesn't cost karma directly. The phrasing was a bit off. What they mean is the following: There's a maximum limit to the number of downvotes you can have. That limit is 4 * karma. But, votes on top-level posts are amplified by a factor for for total karma and for how much they count towards the 4 * karma limit.

Edit: How does one do *s without triggering italics? Edit: And thanks very much for that.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 18 June 2010 09:43:03PM 1 point [-]

Edit: How does one do *s without triggering italics?

Like this: 4\*karma