The original karma of those posts communicated an important message to you; they’re now linked from a highly visible and upvoted post; and you’re not hurting for karma. Why does it bother you if the old posts have low scores?
Don’t you know? Less Wrong, like Wikipedia, is in reality an elaborate MMORPG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AMMORPG
The original karma of those posts communicated an important message to you; they’re now linked from a highly visible and upvoted post; and you’re not hurting for karma. Why does it bother you if the old posts have low scores?
Don’t you know? Less Wrong, like Wikipedia, is in reality an elaborate MMORPG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AMMORPG