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DirkHondong asked

Why do I lose 2 Karma points when voting against an answer?

Hi there, I have just voted 2 times against http://ask.sqlservercentral.com/users/6747/timberlandba.html since the answers are only spam. Timberlanddba lost 4 Karma points, but I also lost 4 points. Is this the intended behaviour? Regards Dirk
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Valentino Vranken answered
If you detect spam, you should use the "more" dropdown and click "report" instead of the downvote. Downvoting is meant for incorrect, misleading answers and as you've noticed, you'll lose points yourself as well. I believe that is done to keep the site's atmosphere friendly and positive :)
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DirkHondong avatar image DirkHondong commented ·
Thx for mentioning. Never took a look at "more".
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Valentino Vranken avatar image Valentino Vranken commented ·
:) it's indeed quite well hidden away
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Jeff Moden answered
BWAAA-HAAAA!!!! Remind me to just blast really bad answers instead of down-voting them. ;-)
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Valentino Vranken avatar image Valentino Vranken commented ·
Don't tell me you're in it for the points?! ;)
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