GameRager: And I try as I do to at least point and say I tried, so they cannot say 'he never tried to change or be 'better''.
A small note: If you change yourself, do it because you want to, not because of others.
BeatriceElysia: Could I get some explanation? It seems all my post sooner or later get lowreputation, and I know it's silly, but I care about that.
LootHunter: Possible reasons:
1. Downvoters don't like you.
2. Downvoters don't like your opinion on things.
3. Downvoters have a grudge against you for speaking against/not supporting them at some point on this forum.
4. Downvoters are griefers who just want you to feel miserable.
If you look at the voting patterns in social media, most people are too lazy to vote. Of those who do, most are motivated by negative experiences, since that would overcome the limiting hurdle that is
ennui.
For example, check out the mods available at Nexus. For any given item there will be less than a single percent, usually, of people who will publicly vote, even for popular titles that have many thousands of downloads (are are obviously good).
In contrast, for those who are miserable, it is no effort to spread misery by down-voting others in social media. (It's the Freudian Thanatotic equivalent to the libidinous limbic capitalism of Facebook,
et al.)
DadJoke007: I'm just trying to grasp how GOG thought downvoting would be a good idea and lead to a better forum experience. Even though it shouldn't matter, it should have been obvious that some people would care and others would abuse it for that reason.
It reminds me of when The Simpsons went to a family therapist and they were given the opportunity to shock each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCgz959ARY Common sense dictates the obvious outcome of that premise when applied to any group of people.
Yeah, good reference. :)
TL;DR: So negative votes accumulate much faster than positive votes.