yeah I find myself being influenced by post or comment scores even though I don't want to be/know I shouldn't be

I wish I could look at a +20 comment and a -20 comment with the same objectivity

and as you said it creates score chasers, which I think is kind of an addiction. like they gotta get/keep the high score on a game leaderboard which just leads to the types of posts or comments that are 'most efficient' in gaining said scores