What conceivable reason could there be for downvoting this comment?
A possible explanation: this comment is amongst the least useful of all comments on this article. If we ask the question, “Which comments should a random passerby see at the top of the list”, this comment belongs all the way at the bottom, possibly entirely hidden from sight.
That’s one reason the multipurpose nature of karma is so irritating. Voting doesn’t just move comments around, it affects a user’s overall karma. Besides, it was already at the bottom.
A possible explanation: this comment is amongst the least useful of all comments on this article. If we ask the question, “Which comments should a random passerby see at the top of the list”, this comment belongs all the way at the bottom, possibly entirely hidden from sight.
That’s one reason the multipurpose nature of karma is so irritating. Voting doesn’t just move comments around, it affects a user’s overall karma. Besides, it was already at the bottom.
Don’t worry about downvotes here and there—it all comes out in the wash.