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...expressing an unpopular or contrarian opinion, etc.. Amen to that. I'm still a fairly new member, and recently I finally got past the karma threshold to be

by jeromec 17y ago

...expressing an unpopular or contrarian opinion, etc.. Amen to that. I'm still a fairly new member, and recently I finally got past the karma threshold to be allowed to downvote. I felt like I'd ascended to Mt. Olympus, and couldn't wait for the chance to mete out some dings the way I'd been invisibly hit so often before. Of course, I actually have yet to issue a single downvote, as I try to take the high ground of only downvoting for abusive type comments, not just something I disagree with. I also feel I earned my karma the hardest way: I've only submitted one or two things, and I don't tailor comments to please others. I always thought awarding karma just for submitting stories was unwarranted.

jacquesm 17y ago
> I don't tailor comments to please others. Super. Neither do I, prepare for the occasional -4. And don't worry about it. > I always thought awarding karma just for submitting stories was unwarranted. That's a double edged one. On the one hand, yes, you're right. And some of the 'top submitters' here take the easy road by putting in a lot of the mainstream / techcrunch stuff. On the other hand to get some points for finding a really nice article sends the signal that says 'well done', find us more stuff of that caliber. Personally I think that domains that have had more than say 20 links submitted (TC, wsj, cnn, bbc, sciam, the top blogs and so on) should no longer be rewarded. It's basically a race between the people that have their RSS feeders primed and want to be the first to submit that sort of thing.
- jeromec 17y ago
  Yes, jacquesm, you were one of the first names I began to recognize, and in one early thread you were being downvoted, something to do with poverty differences in nations I believe. I thought man this guy is getting beat down, but you stood your ground and kept making your point. I respected and admired that. As for the karma points for submissions I'd rather see a 5 point maximum awarded. Some submissions get over 100 votes, but I've never seen even the most insightful comment do that. I guess it becomes more important depending on what we take karma to mean and be used for.

by jeromec 17y ago

jacquesm 17y ago

> I don't tailor comments to please others. Super. Neither do I, prepare for the occasional -4. And don't worry about it. > I always thought awarding karma just for submitting stories was unwarranted. That's a double edged one. On the one hand, yes, you're right. And some of the 'top submitters' here take the easy road by putting in a lot of the mainstream / techcrunch stuff. On the other hand to get some points for finding a really nice article sends the signal that says 'well done', find us more stuff of that caliber. Personally I think that domains that have had more than say 20 links submitted (TC, wsj, cnn, bbc, sciam, the top blogs and so on) should no longer be rewarded. It's basically a race between the people that have their RSS feeders primed and want to be the first to submit that sort of thing.

jeromec 17y ago
Yes, jacquesm, you were one of the first names I began to recognize, and in one early thread you were being downvoted, something to do with poverty differences in nations I believe. I thought man this guy is getting beat down, but you stood your ground and kept making your point. I respected and admired that. As for the karma points for submissions I'd rather see a 5 point maximum awarded. Some submissions get over 100 votes, but I've never seen even the most insightful comment do that. I guess it becomes more important depending on what we take karma to mean and be used for.