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Agreed - I'm voting less. Voting seems to have less 'point'. Previously it would feel like voting was (in a minor way) helping the community, by helping to point out to others comments that deserve reading. Now only the comment writers see the score, it feels voting up is only to 'reward' the writer with a bit of karma. To me it devalues what karma is about and makes it feel very selfish. Its lost its value to the community. Whilst karma influences the top comment, this doesn't seem enough to make it valuable enough to vote regularly.


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