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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 11 April 2016 09:31:46PM 3 points [-]

Thanks for the writeup.

Since posting it on my profile, my karma has uniformly risen when I log in. Hypothesis: people are moderating their down-karma-ing because they may think they've fallen for a bit of bait to expose their irrationality to me and the wider community

I predict that this isn't what is happening. I think it is either

  • people adjusting to you
  • you subconsciously adjusting to the community

or both.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 April 2016 03:24:32PM 5 points [-]

I don't think it's that the community got used to your mental illness posts, it's that the lack of focus and high quantity got on people's nerves. Now that you aren't doing that, you aren't getting as much negative karma.

While I'm hoping that no one posts in the future with so much lack of focus, I think that if someone does, they will get at least as much negative karma.

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