Wil Wheaton's sympathy... downvoted
Posted Apr 3, 2012, 12:32 PM UTC
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I'm sorry for your downvote.
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I'm not.
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I'm sorry for this one.
edit: really, really sorry.
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It's all good. I gave him two upvotes.
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I actually upvoted him. I figured no one would ever know.
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I think we're all really sorry.
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Apparently Wil Wheaton isn't aware that Reddit automagically adds downvotes to all submissions as part of their "anti-manipulation" tactics. Have you ever noticed that front-page submissions will almost never have >75% approval rating? Even the most popular posts hover around 65/35 up/down respectively.
I always chuckle when someone QQs about getting downvoted when in reality it's possible (though unlikely) that every single downvote is just the reddit anti-manipulation system at work.
EDIT: Obviously this works a little differently for comments that have very low vote counts. Yes, of course you can have a 1/0 up-/down-vote count. Once you get a certain number of upvotes, though, the automatic downvotes will start rolling in.
EDIT 2: I was a little over-zealous >.> Toned down the "NEVER EVER EVER" language <.<
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This guy is right, not sure why he is getting downvoted.
The Wil Wheaton comment was at something like 200, so it was in the zone to get fuzzed.
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Reddit should make the automated downvotes not visible so they still affect rank but you dont really see that they exist.
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without checking to see how many up/down votes he actually got, doen't this magic number-fudging only happen when votes get up super high?
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Just making sure you know at least one of your downvotes is real and not fake. FYI.
Also I downvoted the original comment (sorry for your loss) as well, because we don't need this emotional garbage on reddit, keep that shit on pintrist.
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Well then you should keep your douchebaggery at 4chan, where it belongs.
Interesting how that cuts both ways, eh?
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Yes, it was downvoted very badly. I feel terrible for him...
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237 points? how awful for him, he'll never be able to recover!
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Someone should make a topic to help him cope.
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Did you seriously just post a screenshot of a tweet complaining about a downvote?
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I'm pretty sure Wil Wheaton is like Olivia Munn, but instead of using tits to manipulate nerds he uses ancient Star Trek cred.
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i am truly sorry for your lots
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There were more than a few downvotes of sympathetic comments, too. I'm not butthurt over it, but I too would like to know: why?
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I feel like karma, in that regard, is like a currency worth nothing.
If people post things "just for karma", what's the point? To receive a virtual amount of nothing, worth nil? What? Karma whoring? Selling the dignified memory of your loved ones for... valueless points?
I just don't... understand.
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I had my pitchfork loaded and pointed your way for combining the phrases "use dead loved ones" and "get Karma", but upon re-reading I think I see what you're getting at and hope you're not one of the aforementioned.
I opine that the people that see loss of loved ones as quite a lot less personally important than getting imaginary internet points and are willing to mindlessly derp those views onto strangers probably don't have much more than downvotes to give to society.
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That's probably part of the problem—But I have never understood why Reddit “karma” is so important that some people must gain it for themselves but deprive others of it when it is in literally limitless supply.
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Not me, I downvoted it because she wasn't hot.
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Why does karma even have to matter? He was sharing a part of himself with the internet, as we are a community that does such. Fuck karma! People need to get over it.
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Nah, nevermind. I'll just type "anus" and get more karma than the last reply.
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Karma is an indicator that you're making provocative comments or posts that we want to see or worth our attention.
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Yet, how many cats are there that make it to the front page? I see nothing provocative about those. Karma isn't really that great of an indicator of anything worthwhile.
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My guess is someone didn't like the post so they blindly downvoted it, and all the comments.
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Agreed, I asked if he had the wherewithal to get any porn of her before she passed away and got heavily down-voted - there truly seems to be no pattern to reddit's voting system.
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How dare you have feelings, Wil Wheaton. HOW DARE YOU!
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He should have followed up with:
"EDIT: I don't get why I'm being downvoted"
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Maybe if you didnt cheat in Starfleet Academy this would not have happened
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Come on Wil, you of all people should know that nothing can be posted to Reddit and get noticed without being downvoted. It is the way of things.
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I bet it was Baldwin, that fucking ass hat.
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You should be nicer to WHill WHeaton, WHill WHeaton seems like a nice guy.
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I'm so sorry for your loss...of karma.
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Can we stop posting every mention of reddit by a celebrity, now? Reddit is a huge site with millions of users, of course there are tonnes of famous people talking about it. Its very easy to manipulate reddit into liking a celeb/show/movie by just mentioning reddit or flashing the alien (cue pun replies). Its the same as getting giddy when a popular kid at school mentions your name. Lets grow up, reddit.
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I see your down-voted sympathy, and I give you a sympathetic up-vote!
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It was Sheldon Cooper.
Bazinga.