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by nikolay 3743 days ago
I constantly get downvoted. It's not very beneficial to your karma to have unpopular opinions here... Instead of up/down votes a la Reddit, which comes with the Reddit mentality, too, implement Facebook or Emoji reactions. Be positive! Best for your actual karma is to ignore and not to punish (i.e. downvote). Popular posts get more upvotes, so, they essentially push up the good stuff anyway.

I think downvote should only be a reply, but, of course, you can guess who downvoted you... which is fine as hackers should not be cowards!