mwengler comments on [META] Retributive downvoting: Why? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mwengler 27 November 2012 02:34:36PM 2 points [-]

If I had a few thousand karma points, I don't think I would sweat it. As it stands, by karma I am indsitinguishable from a newbie. I suspect I have a few thousand upvote and a few thousand downvote, but I'm not sure. In my opinon, someone with a few thousand upvote and a few thousand downvote is a very different thing than someone with very few votes of any sort, but the current system labels them the same.

Comment author: shminux 27 November 2012 05:42:07PM 1 point [-]

by karma I am indistinguishable from a newbie

Not sure what you mean by this. You have all the posting rights any 10k+ karma user has, short of admins. Presumably you evaluate other forum contributors by the content of their writings, not by the number of karma points.