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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @03:00PM
This is the Internet. I post as an AC. Some of my posts get modded up. Some get modded down. I've had posts that get modded up to five points from zero. I've also had posts that get modded disagree or troll even. Up, down, agree, disagree, troll, I make various arguments to consider. I may also consider and have very many counter arguments to my arguments. But I don't take modding personally. Usually when entering a thread I change the settings to show almost all of the responses because I also find many of the ones with fewer mod points interesting as well. No one should take some posts or mods on the Internet personally. It's the Internet. It's no big deal. The point is that I consider what others think and I express what I think for others to consider. Worrying that someone else will disagree with me will negatively limit the discussion. Not everyone is going to agree with me on everything.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 22 2015, @01:25PM
so you must be a karma whore