Re:Want Hacker News Comment Scores Back? Check out HNPoints.com
by Yzupnick on Friday May 20, 2011 @02:08PM
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But, people still are making a move to score points. Your points still show.
Taking away only other people's points isn't really solving the problem.
Re:Want Hacker News Comment Scores Back? Check out HNPoints.com
by grandalf on Friday May 20, 2011 @08:32PM
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Now points represent a "personal Everest". The motivation to post is pure.
With the old system, I often found myself motivated to post b/c I saw that a snarky comment had gotten a lot of points and wanted to one-up it. It was an ugly, ugly emotion and thankfully PG has eradicated it from HN.
Re:Want Hacker News Comment Scores Back? Check out HNPoints.com
by burgerbrain on Friday May 20, 2011 @09:55PM
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"Now points represent a "personal Everest". The motivation to post is pure."
Not as long as total karma scores remain visible to the world.
Re:Want Hacker News Comment Scores Back? Check out HNPoints.com
by grandalf on Saturday May 21, 2011 @10:21AM
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A user's total score represents a very broad measurement of his/her contribution to the HN community, and is unlikely to negatively impact an individual's decision to post. If anything, seeing an overall high score makes a user seem more worthy of respect and less likely to trigger a points arms race in a single thread.
With too much gamification, everything becomes a game. Writing a comment should be about sharing experience or insight, not making a move to try to score points.