I've learned to ignore the whole karma thing when writing a comment. It's part of the "be yourself": you can't write anything original in fear of being downvote

I've learned to ignore the whole karma thing when writing a comment. It's part of the "be yourself": you can't write anything original in fear of being downvoted. I do sometimes check back which comments were voted up (or down) for the sake of curiosity. I then wonder what was it that made one of my comments get many times more points than my average, but often it must simply be that I happened to comment early. I don't really care that much where my karma is going, it's more like a reflection of the community than a reflection of me.