Whomever you are who is on a downvoting rampage against me: Really? A −6 vote on all these comments when I just tried to make it easier for people to give me feedback anonymously? I know it is stupid of me to care about karma but that was just plain mean of you.
I didn’t vote on any of the poll comments, but one major thing in my mind is that they should have been posted under the comment saying you’re going to be doing the poll, not under the parent comment
I haven’t voted either way on your comments, but in general making several comments as a way to run a poll is not a good idea unless you’re pretty confident others will find your poll interesting. And then if someone does/doesn’t think the poll belongs here they upvote/downvote each question in the poll, magnifying the karma impact.
Then I expect this comment was downvoted because (a) it’s complaining about downvotes and (b) doesn’t engage with what people should do if they don’t think your poll comments belong on the Forum.
I often downvote enough of the options to zero out the karma gain from posting the options, on the theory that the user shouldn’t reap an automatic +1 or +2 for each option posted. I would not strong-downvote on the basis (if other users had found value in the options being listed, who am I to attempt to overrule them?) and was not the strong-downvoter here.
Fair enough, I will definitely think of better ways to get feedback in the future. It is completely on me that I didn’t realise the karma impact could be magnified like that (or that running polls that way might cost me karma!). And my concerns about karma is insignificant compared to the personal suffering by those affected by the actions of the original post. What’s most important to me is that I can find ways to constructively and meaningfully contribute to reducing the risk of future harms to the community, something I am dedicating more time to than writing here on the forum. Thanks for your patience Jeff!
Whomever you are who is on a downvoting rampage against me: Really? A −6 vote on all these comments when I just tried to make it easier for people to give me feedback anonymously? I know it is stupid of me to care about karma but that was just plain mean of you.
I didn’t vote on any of the poll comments, but one major thing in my mind is that they should have been posted under the comment saying you’re going to be doing the poll, not under the parent comment
I haven’t voted either way on your comments, but in general making several comments as a way to run a poll is not a good idea unless you’re pretty confident others will find your poll interesting. And then if someone does/doesn’t think the poll belongs here they upvote/downvote each question in the poll, magnifying the karma impact.
Then I expect this comment was downvoted because (a) it’s complaining about downvotes and (b) doesn’t engage with what people should do if they don’t think your poll comments belong on the Forum.
I often downvote enough of the options to zero out the karma gain from posting the options, on the theory that the user shouldn’t reap an automatic +1 or +2 for each option posted. I would not strong-downvote on the basis (if other users had found value in the options being listed, who am I to attempt to overrule them?) and was not the strong-downvoter here.
I think people do not get karma from the baseline +1 or +2 that comes with making a new comment.
Fair enough, I will definitely think of better ways to get feedback in the future. It is completely on me that I didn’t realise the karma impact could be magnified like that (or that running polls that way might cost me karma!). And my concerns about karma is insignificant compared to the personal suffering by those affected by the actions of the original post. What’s most important to me is that I can find ways to constructively and meaningfully contribute to reducing the risk of future harms to the community, something I am dedicating more time to than writing here on the forum. Thanks for your patience Jeff!