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By contrast, positive feedback does not appear to influence authors much at all.“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.”
Damn, that really spells out the challenge of creating a positive community experience.