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0 pointsbryanlarsen7y ago0 comments

Why delete because of downvotes? I'm a top 8%, and my top karma producer is an answer that is technically wrong, but is useful to some people. It's fun watching the fighting upvotes/downvotes. It's currently at +124 / -58. But an upvote is worth +10, a downvote -2, so...

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throwaway237877y ago· 1 in thread

It was net negative (1 downvote, no upvotes), and the first comment was someone "schooling" me on an account with my actual name on it, which I don't particularly want as part of my public presentation.

EDIT: Actually looking back it was just the one person with the condescending response, but the comment got two upvotes.

bryanlarsenOP7y ago

At least on HN, nothing attracts upvotes faster than a bad downvote. I know myself if I see a grey comment that I don't think should be grey I upvote it even in cases I wouldn't otherwise upvote. But that grey comment would have been shown to a bunch of people...

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