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It seems that most posts voted down to -1 will get voted back up by people considering -1 unfair - even though, IIRC, the point of the karma system was to register your individual opinion, not to push towards any particular finite value.
On the other hand, most of the incentive effect from votes on a post probably comes from the very first votes.
It seems that most posts voted down to -1 will get voted back up by people considering -1 unfair - even though, IIRC, the point of the karma system was to register your individual opinion, not to push towards any particular finite value.
I know my own voting behaviour is influenced somewhat by the current karma of the comment and I'm ok with others using the same policy*. An advantage is that it has a somewhat stabilizing influence. It means that a only slightly bad comment on a topic that everyone is interest doesn't spiral downwards while an absolutely...
Downvote buttons seem to have just stopped working for me, saying I need at least 1 karma. I'm posting in case it leads someone to fix the problem.