I would like to learn how to contribute more positively to the community, rather than being confused and frustrated with the reactions I get to my posts.
What reaction confuses you? Could you point to posts that are downvoted where you don't understand why they are downvoted. I would note that understanding that someone downvotes your post doesn't mean that you agree that it should be voted down.
This one (which you explained well)
This one sat at -2 for awhile; I was confused by that.
This one also sat at -2 for quite awhile, but seems to have come up recently.
...huh. On the whole, most of the severely-downvoted posts that I remember being confused about, have since been upvoted to low-positives. I had no idea. Thank you for prompting me to take the time and attention to notice that.
I guess, then, a more direct question I have is "how do I bring my karma into the 90%'s, instead of the low 70%'s where it is now?" - I've always felt that per...
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