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Downvotes are intended for rule breaking, off topic and non-contributing content. However, downvotes are often inexplicable and do get misused as a method of disagreeing, but you can minimise the risk a little.
General advice to avoid downvotes and negative karma -
avoid potentially controversial or sensitive topics just while your karma is low
always check the community rules
lurk to get a feel for the community and it's culture before posting
choose where to share your content carefully
re-read what you're saying before sending to check your tone, try not to accidentally make people feel defensive or be defensive yourself
remember unless using tone indicators sarcasm etc isn't necessary obvious
Proof read your content
If you're getting a lot of downvotes, you can delete the offending content to prevent more. This does not remove the downvotes though.
You can earn the karma back by getting upvotes on other comments
Look at your history on your profile and check the vote scores on your content. If a score is negative you were downvoted. It's harder to tell if they don't go negative though.
I’ve joined years ago, but started using really. I posted a bunch of reviews today before I understood Karma points … and I only have one point lol. Maybe I wasted my time posting?
They are all removed rn. Whether that's community restrictions, the mods, or the spam filter. You could modmail the mods to enquire as long as they don't have a rule against it.
People downvote things they disagree with instead of things that are off topic, Their intended purpose is supposed to indicate to mods if a user is trolling or arguing in bad faith, and thus your karma is a representation of that. Unfortunately, its ended up being used as a popularity gauge. Its easy to see why. But yeah its a gap between a design choice and how people choose to use it.
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