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forwardslash  ·  3846 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Downvotes *are* bad for the community.

    “Not only do authors of negatively-evaluated content contribute more, but also their future posts are of lower quality, and are perceived by the community as such,” they say. And it gets worse: “These authors are more likely to subsequently evaluate their fellow users negatively, percolating these effects through the community.”

    By contrast, positive feedback does not appear to influence authors much at all.

Damn, that really spells out the challenge of creating a positive community experience.