Text Post: 15.06.19 Morning Coffee: Downvotes, Power, and You Favorite Tribes posted by Moderator
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  • spaceghoti
    +2

    Also under negatives:

    2. The change in karma affects visibility.

    3. If downvotes provoke moderator/admin intervention as is being discussed, it creates more work for them.

    4. It can color people's perceptions of the content of the post even if they don't realize it.

    • gottlieb (edited 9 years ago)
      +4

      2. I think you mean reputation not karma?

      3. Agreed

      4. Agreed but again it's just expanding on my negative point. New users may get turned off if they see a down vote right away

      • spaceghoti
        +2

        I think you mean reputation not karma?

        Whoops! Heh. Yes, that's what I meant.

        Agreed but again it's just expanding on my negative point. New users may get turned off if they see a down vote right away

        I think it's important to distinguish between "I got a downvote! What a crappy user base!" and "that post has a lot of downvotes. It must not be very good."