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I don't care enough about votes to even vote, much less stalk someone. I don't even understand why people care about votes.
It helps me curb my desire to reply to someone I disagree with when I know it won't do anything and will only result in frustration, a way to satisfy my more argumentative/salty side without putting that out into the world. I only reply if I really have something to say as a result or if I think the discussion is actually worth undergoing and it's worth giving my perspective or elaborating on my views. But if they're not worth engaging with then it's better if I just down vote and move on. I don't go through the other person's history though.
I was like 13 years on reddit and never knew what my karma was and never looked at anyones profile, except once when all the replies were: dude your comment history is fucked, seek help.
Oh yeah, once there was a guy who signed all his comments with: latinos for trump.
And i went to check his comment history because i was sure it's a troll or astroturfing or whatever. But after a good 5 seconds i realized that i don't care