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by JshWright 3573 days ago
"Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downvote you or announce that you expect to get downvoted."
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Also "Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading" which I also disagree with. Downvoting here is sometimes worthy, but often retaliatory/punishment for world-view non-conformism, and people should be called out on it.
If you're not going to spend your Karma Points(TM) on good controversy, why bother earning it?