I just recently got into this commenting/submitting game and it's really turning out to be rather weird.<p>First, what is the point of downvoting? If, you can give a point, won't that ultimately make whatever comment/story raise up on its own? Making comments grayed out? That's pretty lame. Either leave them there for people to read or mark or flag them as inappropriate and make them disappear.<p>Second, it's a negative. No one wants to be told they suck. I think this is what Facebook got right with their "Like" button and what YouTube got so wrong with their "Dislike" button.<p>These are my thoughts, I personally don't care about getting karma at all. But for some reason, it's bugging the hell out of me to LOSE karma. Lets stay positive.