In article ,
(Derek Lyons) wrote:

My Karma is currently ****. I've been violating the hivemind, and got
nailed on some of my mods by the meta's, in retrospect the meta's are
right and I was wrong.

I don't post argument there. I nearly always stick to fact (with
supporting links when possible) and avoid ANYTHING that sounds too much
opinion. I decided to do this as an experiment - I find that my factual
posts quickly get up to +5, while the best-written, most persuasive
argument I make on any topic rarely gets above a +3. Once I adopted my
current philosophy (kinds of on a lark just to see what would happen), I
found myself with excellent karma within about three weeks (and probably
fewer than 5 posts . . .)

--
Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.
Reformed Aerospace Engineer
Columbia Loss FAQ:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html