Thanks for your concern about my karma! ;-) The difference between my comment and the reply is indeed surprising. I wouldn’t have noticed it if you hadn’t pointed it out. Here are other, more or less plausible, explanations:
Most likely: My comment was a quick, abstract throwaway. I even avoided the word ‘suicide’ because I didn’t feel good about bringing it up explicitly. NeoMohist’s reply is more concrete, emotional and caring. I guess people resonate with that more and want to say with their upvote: ‘Yes, me worried too. Please keep an eye on him.’
It was a quick, throwaway comment bringing up suicide. It carries bad vibes and doesn’t add much. (I guess on Facebook it’s harder/harsher to ‘downvote’ and people just decide not to react in that case, leaving you with the positive reactions.)
NeoMohist has a cool username.
EA Forum behaviour is deteriorating. (I was sometimes puzzled how things developed with my article on hiring and the comments on it. Of course, I’m biased for my article and comments.)
Without the clarification (although I added it before all the karma accrued to the reply), one could misunderstand my comment as: ‘I’m only slightly worried because losing Sam wouldn’t be a big loss, given what was happened.’ (I feel bad for even spelling out this possible misinterpretation.)
People read continuously until the end of the comment chain and vote only there, instead of going back and looking what else might deserve an upvote.
Thanks for your concern about my karma! ;-) The difference between my comment and the reply is indeed surprising. I wouldn’t have noticed it if you hadn’t pointed it out. Here are other, more or less plausible, explanations:
Most likely: My comment was a quick, abstract throwaway. I even avoided the word ‘suicide’ because I didn’t feel good about bringing it up explicitly. NeoMohist’s reply is more concrete, emotional and caring. I guess people resonate with that more and want to say with their upvote: ‘Yes, me worried too. Please keep an eye on him.’
It was a quick, throwaway comment bringing up suicide. It carries bad vibes and doesn’t add much. (I guess on Facebook it’s harder/harsher to ‘downvote’ and people just decide not to react in that case, leaving you with the positive reactions.)
NeoMohist has a cool username.
EA Forum behaviour is deteriorating. (I was sometimes puzzled how things developed with my article on hiring and the comments on it. Of course, I’m biased for my article and comments.)
Without the clarification (although I added it before all the karma accrued to the reply), one could misunderstand my comment as: ‘I’m only slightly worried because losing Sam wouldn’t be a big loss, given what was happened.’ (I feel bad for even spelling out this possible misinterpretation.)
People read continuously until the end of the comment chain and vote only there, instead of going back and looking what else might deserve an upvote.