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.
The code here is obviously not working. Does anyone know how to fix that so it’s parsed properly?
The problem is that the post editor uses plain old HTML, and doesn’t support any of the markup used by the comment editor. (You could stick your code into a comment, then copy the HTML source, I suppose.)
The code here is obviously not working. Does anyone know how to fix that so it’s parsed properly?
Edit: Okay, I fixed everything in the WYSIWYG. How very irritating.
Edit 2: What conceivable reason could there be for downvoting this comment? Should I have deleted it on account of clutter or something?
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.
Voter stupidity.
Watch me as I wish fervently for identification of votes.
You need to use html, or the the default WYSIWYG editor. Also, you can preview an article if you save it as “Draft” first.
Even my HTML tags (for superscript) are not working.
That’s because it’s a WYSIWYG editor; you have to use the “source” button to be able to edit the HTML directly.
The code for writing posts is completely different from that for writing comments. Edit your post and look for the GUI at the top.
The problem is that the post editor uses plain old HTML, and doesn’t support any of the markup used by the comment editor. (You could stick your code into a comment, then copy the HTML source, I suppose.)
actually, with the WYSIWYG editor, she could stick her code into a comment, and then just copy the resulting comment.