IME, retracting a mistake gets you less karma than you lost, or possibly a gain of 1. Even in the latter case, I wouldn’t make deliberate mistakes to gain karma, because seeing a comment at −1 hurts significantly more than gaining 1 point feels good. (Yes I realize this is loss aversion bias. But since far more upvotes are given than downvotes, a downvote has more information than an upvote.)
I believe loss aversion bias helps keep us alive and well. A serious question: Are you open to agree with correct logic that may not be your own?
I’ve been explaining my beliefs in all of my posts and the negative karma simply tells me that my explanations are not encouraged(Nor my ideas. We should instead be encouraging those who think to keep thinking. This will ultimately end in the betterment of mankind.) I am now instead encouraged to simply make blatant unexplained statements.
One final point: My karma gauge currently tells me that I have −218 karma. It also tells me that my total karma is 0. I thought my total karma was −218? This is an obvious flaw. The system has given me incorrect information.
I am open to agreeing with any correct logic that I can understand and have evidence that it’s correct.
I haven’t downvoted any of your content, but I suspect the negative karma is because your ideas are difficult to understand and (perhaps because of this) seem poorly thought out. If you were to write up a detailed explanation of the ideas you bring to the community and your general philosophy in concrete, simple language, and post it in discussion, you might get a better reception. You may want to lurk for a while or read some sequence posts, as that will give you a better intuitive grasp of LW conventions, etiquette, and how to communicate clearly. If you have difficulties with jargon or English is not your native language, PM me and I’ll help you.
The other very important thing about getting a better reception: some of what you’ve said has come off as rude. LW has a strong culture of not complaining about one’s karma or the treatment one is getting. If people are criticizing you, either refute their criticisms or change the way you write—taking it to the meta-level of complaining about their criticism is tangential and leads to fighting.
Regarding the karma meter: the total karma meter bottoms out at 0, but you’ll have to get 218 upvotes before it starts going up. The karma meter below that is the change in your total karma over the past 30 days (or all the time you’ve had your account, if you’ve been on less than 30 days). So what you should take from this is that you are in the negatives, and have lost 218 in the past month. I don’t like that it doesn’t display negative totals either, because it’s annoying and inelegant, but I don’t have the skills to fix it and few people have negative totals for long enough that it’s a priority.
IME, retracting a mistake gets you less karma than you lost, or possibly a gain of 1. Even in the latter case, I wouldn’t make deliberate mistakes to gain karma, because seeing a comment at −1 hurts significantly more than gaining 1 point feels good. (Yes I realize this is loss aversion bias. But since far more upvotes are given than downvotes, a downvote has more information than an upvote.)
I believe loss aversion bias helps keep us alive and well. A serious question: Are you open to agree with correct logic that may not be your own?
I’ve been explaining my beliefs in all of my posts and the negative karma simply tells me that my explanations are not encouraged(Nor my ideas. We should instead be encouraging those who think to keep thinking. This will ultimately end in the betterment of mankind.) I am now instead encouraged to simply make blatant unexplained statements.
One final point: My karma gauge currently tells me that I have −218 karma. It also tells me that my total karma is 0. I thought my total karma was −218? This is an obvious flaw. The system has given me incorrect information.
I am open to agreeing with any correct logic that I can understand and have evidence that it’s correct.
I haven’t downvoted any of your content, but I suspect the negative karma is because your ideas are difficult to understand and (perhaps because of this) seem poorly thought out. If you were to write up a detailed explanation of the ideas you bring to the community and your general philosophy in concrete, simple language, and post it in discussion, you might get a better reception. You may want to lurk for a while or read some sequence posts, as that will give you a better intuitive grasp of LW conventions, etiquette, and how to communicate clearly. If you have difficulties with jargon or English is not your native language, PM me and I’ll help you.
The other very important thing about getting a better reception: some of what you’ve said has come off as rude. LW has a strong culture of not complaining about one’s karma or the treatment one is getting. If people are criticizing you, either refute their criticisms or change the way you write—taking it to the meta-level of complaining about their criticism is tangential and leads to fighting.
Regarding the karma meter: the total karma meter bottoms out at 0, but you’ll have to get 218 upvotes before it starts going up. The karma meter below that is the change in your total karma over the past 30 days (or all the time you’ve had your account, if you’ve been on less than 30 days). So what you should take from this is that you are in the negatives, and have lost 218 in the past month. I don’t like that it doesn’t display negative totals either, because it’s annoying and inelegant, but I don’t have the skills to fix it and few people have negative totals for long enough that it’s a priority.