I don’t think it reflects upon the forum as a whole—we just picked up some single NRx-er with way too much time on his hands a while back and there’s not much that can be done about it, as he will just keep making alts. You can basically harvest karma for downvoting by making a large number of low quality comments, because everyone is apparently downvote-averse. The last time this happened the user in question managed to become a top poster. I think he’s basically aiming to alter the group’s composition by targeting left wing individuals who are sensitive to negative feedback.
A single person downvoting me without giving any reason why will have the opposite affect; my sensitivity to negative feedback is based on the “I am doing something wrong (and possibly not noticing it)” sensation, and if the person in question can’t justify their actions and is acting alone, the most reasonable conclusion I see is that they’re in the wrong and I am not.
I don’t think it reflects upon the forum as a whole—we just picked up some single NRx-er with way too much time on his hands a while back and there’s not much that can be done about it, as he will just keep making alts. You can basically harvest karma for downvoting by making a large number of low quality comments, because everyone is apparently downvote-averse. The last time this happened the user in question managed to become a top poster. I think he’s basically aiming to alter the group’s composition by targeting left wing individuals who are sensitive to negative feedback.
A single person downvoting me without giving any reason why will have the opposite affect; my sensitivity to negative feedback is based on the “I am doing something wrong (and possibly not noticing it)” sensation, and if the person in question can’t justify their actions and is acting alone, the most reasonable conclusion I see is that they’re in the wrong and I am not.
Yes, this is a good attitude to have. Evidence indicates that many others are more easily rankled.