I quite enjoy giving people karma. I don't particularly care about my aggregate karma points. But I do spend significant time putting my truths down here, and

I quite enjoy giving people karma. I don't particularly care about my aggregate karma points. But I do spend significant time putting my truths down here, and it is rewarding to see some acknowledgement that someone found the effort interesting or worthy. It feels silly but I wish there was some more visible broader advocacy for social network liking. There's plenty of big scary pathologies, ways to let oneself get trapped in obsessions over the number & watching or trying to make it go up. But just having some friends thumbs up a Facebook post or a HN comment is a small kindness, is a small act that breathes a little kindness into the network. Up voting is great, do it broadly is my recommendation.