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Does downvoting a comment cause the voter to lose karma, or is it in essence free? StackOverflow does this (you lose a point each time you vote something down),
by fomojola 15y ago
Does downvoting a comment cause the voter to lose karma, or is it in essence free? StackOverflow does this (you lose a point each time you vote something down), and it is actually a meaningful deterrent: maybe it would help here.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- ComputerGuru 15y agoThe voter loses karma. One downvote is one karma. One upvote is one karma. (StackOverflow is 1 upvote for 10 karma for answers, 2 karma for questions; and 1 downvote for 1 karma everywhere, I think.)
- phsr 15y agoYou only lose reputation when downvoting answers. Question downvotes are free. Also, question upvotes give 5 points to the poster
- why-el 15y agoThe voter or the person who asked the question? I am confused.
- Animus7 15y agoTo clear up the confusion, the grandparent is simply wrong. The only person to lose karma is the one that gets downvoted.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- ComputerGuru 15y agoSorry, I meant to say the "downvoted loses karma"
- spindritf 15y ago> Does downvoting a comment cause the voter to lose karma, or is it in essence free? It's free. EDIT: Heh, I'm assuming the downvote came from testing?
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- jaylevitt 15y agoYes, that would help; in psychology it's called a "costly signal", and whole books have been written about its benefits.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoAlso, on stackoverflow there is a limit to the total number of votes any one person can make per day.