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Re:Upvote the Gray! Downvote the Orange! Vive la Révolution! by robg on Thursday February 05, 2009 @06:32AM (#467598)
Right, I agree. Content matters. But without some really powerful content analysis, points may be the best that can be done.

Isn't there something useful in having some feedback measure of things you've contributed? If anything, without points, I'd worry that the devaluation of comments would get much worse. At least now there is some valuation.

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Re:Upvote the Gray! Downvote the Orange! Vive la Révolution! by allyt on Thursday February 05, 2009 @06:41AM (#467613)
I don't think his idea is to remove points completely - they would still determine where the comment gets placed on a page, they just wouldn't be displayed as prominently.

This would really change the UX of the site, actually - I find myself scanning over just points/names after having read the first few posts in a long thread.

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Re:Upvote the Gray! Downvote the Orange! Vive la Révolution! by robg on Thursday February 05, 2009 @06:54AM (#467627)
If they're all trollbait, the least offensive wins?
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