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I found reading comments without scores very refreshing. The biggest problem I'd have guessed would be the lack of self-limiting when voting. Without scores peo
by radu_floricica 17y ago
I found reading comments without scores very refreshing. The biggest problem I'd have guessed would be the lack of self-limiting when voting. Without scores people would keep voting a good comment, so I'd imagine karma would be counted a bit differently.
Averaging comment karma sounds like a terrible idea. Some of the best posts are made in intelligent, long conversations several levels down the comment tree, which are almost never upvoted. Wouldn't it discourage such conversations?
- jacquesm 17y ago> Wouldn't it discourage such conversations? Absolutely. You can expect a complete change in atmosphere due to this.
- Freebytes 17y agoI agree that removing the points may cause the issue where someone is upvoted tremendously without merit. After all, I often decide whether to upvote a comment based on its current score. If I see someone with a score of 20 for a reasonable comment yet someone with a score of 1 for a brilliant comment, I would be more likely to upvote the lower score. I think this would cause a bit of Karma inflation if the points were not visible.
- radu_floricica 17y agoWell, pg knows how the numbers look in this case from the last brief experiment, so he probably could try to adjust with a logarithmic scale of some sort. Would it work?