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Totally agree. Sometimes I type up a controversial reply, and then scrap it because I feel like it's going to be received poorly (took me a bit of thinking to p
by sahillavingia 16y ago
Totally agree. Sometimes I type up a controversial reply, and then scrap it because I feel like it's going to be received poorly (took me a bit of thinking to post this comment, even!).
I'm sure a lot of good discussions never exist because of this. Even without avg. karma though, reputation is still at risk, so the problem won't be solved by removing/showing that statistic.
- olalonde 16y agoControversial comments sometimes get down voted but other times get up voted as hell. I think on average, it's quite safe from a karma perspective to be controversial even though you have to take the occasional down votes.
- brudgers 16y agoThere are certain topics which are more likely to be downvoted - criticism of Steve Jobs is an example (and conversely criticism of Steve Balmer is likely to be upvoted). There's nothing wrong with caring about HN karma, so long as you care about karma less than you care about speaking your mind.