komponisto comments on Rationality tip: Predict your comment karma - Less Wrong
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I find that seeing a comment with a lot of down-votes has the exact opposite effect on me. "Six down-votes! What crazy half-formed idea is Will_Newsome talking about now!?"
The quality control benefits of down-voting are mostly deterrence which requires people feel good about up-votes and bad when they get down-voted.
(Just teasing you, Will)
Fittingly, this comment currently has six upvotes. :-)