Are you interested in spreading knowledge, or are you interested in karma?
If the former, why do you give a shit?
If the former, why do you give a shit?
I know it works on me. I don't write the best comments I could, I write the ones I know will be upvoted.
(At least, it is if "gets what it deserves" means "gets something it's got no right to anything better than" rather than "gets exactly what, in some kind of best possible world, it would get".)
Having said which, I don't think it's all that shameful to write what you think will get the most votes. But I'd rather you didn't.
So shame on him? I don't know. Major props for being honest.
One could argue you were subconsciously influenced toward posting a shaming comment because of the karma incentive.
Of course, you may just be joking as well.
It's certainly funny either way.
If people post for Karma instead of for content, IMHO it is their problem. It won't make the site much better, but it won't make it much worse, either.
"Shame on you" was my way of saying "who cares?".