Good point. What if down votes had the potential to subtract experience but can only take a way a max of what was earned for a comment?
Example:
Short comment = 75 exp
Medium comment = 150 exp
Long comment = 250 exp
Each down vote on a comment subtracts 5 exp. The most a user could lose on a comment is determined by how much they earned. If you earned 150 exp, then the worst that could happen is that you lost 150 experience which basically equates to having never earned the exp to begin with.
I probably didn't use very good numbers for my example but it gets the point across I think.
Good point. What if down votes had the potential to subtract experience but can only take a way a max of what was earned for a comment?
Example:
Short comment = 75 exp
Medium comment = 150 exp
Long comment = 250 exp
Each down vote on a comment subtracts 5 exp. The most a user could lose on a comment is determined by how much they earned. If you earned 150 exp, then the worst that could happen is that you lost 150 experience which basically equates to having never earned the exp to begin with.
I probably didn't use very good numbers for my example but it gets the point across I think.