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No, it fine the way it is. Losing karma because of a comment is not the end of the world, and there is usually an obvious reason. Maybe because the comment was
by stareatgoats 8y ago
No, it fine the way it is. Losing karma because of a comment is not the end of the world, and there is usually an obvious reason. Maybe because the comment was too absolutist or similar. Sometimes because people misunderstood, and sometimes because people simply disagree. Sometimes it's just the dynamic of the thread that results in a down-vote. Sometimes it's just impossible to understand, without assuming that some people use their down-voting privileges frivolously, but it's all part of the socialization process here to try and understand which, and just deal with it.
For this reason I sometimes wish that people could stop complaining (with varying level of irritation) about being down-voted without been given reason, a fairly common occurrence. OTOH, helpful people will sometimes (probably not the down-voter) provide a reasonable explanation, which is OK too.