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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by zeroimpl on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:06PM (#23866557)
Does anybody actually look at other users points on a regular basis? I think it’s rare which is why it’s not really relevant.

Besides, it’s not even a measure of popularity but more of a lifetime scoreboard. If HN reported something like average points per post or per day, that would be closer to a popularity metric (eg more inline with “number of followers”)

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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by justinator on Friday July 17, 2020 @03:42PM (#23874615)
It's magic internet points, no matter how you slice it. Having more or less changes what you can/cannot do on the site.
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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by latexr on Saturday July 18, 2020 @07:40PM (#23885752)
> Having more or less changes what you can/cannot do on the site.

That’s unrelated to the discussion, which is about how visible internet points affect how users engage with each other’s comments.

Site permissions are a different matter altogether, and not applicable to most social networks.

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