> because there's a certain joy in getting +10 karma even when your post falls to the bottom It's possible that the ranking algorithm is actually helping your

> because there's a certain joy in getting +10 karma even when your post falls to the bottom It's possible that the ranking algorithm is actually helping your karma count. I personally only up/down vote comments when I feel they're in the "wrong position". If you made a comment which I found good and it was at the bottom, I would up vote it whereas I probably wouldn't bother if it was already at the top.