I have seen people mention two algorithms to decide whether to upvote or downvote a comment
I wager that most people don't use an algorithm beyond "I feel like upvoting/downvoting this comment", they just click and then explain/rationalize their actions.
most people don't use an algorithm beyond "I feel like upvoting/downvoting this comment"
Yeah, but still, do they look at the karma score when deciding that?
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