Hi Arthur,

I can clarify for you that your personal feedback score (the one that follows your name around) only changes by a person giving you direct feedback.

Any/all feedback to things that you have authored is separate and distinct from your personal feedback score (neither inflates nor deflates it).

You might be noticing a "halo effect" happening due to the "leave feedback to this topic?/leave feedback to this topic's originator?" being so close together at the bottom of a discussion topic. When one is motivated to give positive feedback to a topic... why shouldn't positive feedback be given to the originator as well? (just a guess as to the psychology behind giving things away)