As evidenced by the presence of “downvote me” on the list, my problem with each term is not necessarily the same.
Briefly, I expect people talking about status to be worrying about trivialities, providing facile explanations, or stopping at an overabstraction while thinking they understand a complex issue.
I expect people requesting downvotes to be A) nutty, possibly conspiracy theorists, and B) over-concerned with the karma system.
As evidenced by the presence of “downvote me” on the list, my problem with each term is not necessarily the same.
Briefly, I expect people talking about status to be worrying about trivialities, providing facile explanations, or stopping at an overabstraction while thinking they understand a complex issue.
I expect people requesting downvotes to be A) nutty, possibly conspiracy theorists, and B) over-concerned with the karma system.
It is certainly a word that I have seen used as a curiosity stopper.