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>Out of interest I started tracking my karma a while ago Geez, you are taking it seriously indeed. I trust PG when he says using average karma didn't help sol

>Out of interest I started tracking my karma a while ago Geez, you are taking it seriously indeed. I trust PG when he says using average karma didn't help solving the problem but I don't have an opinion myself simply because I didn't even understand what the problem is exactly (Is it people splitting their votes between two contestants in a verbal fight?). From my limited experience in web communities, karma always ends up being: people upvoting when they agree, downvoting when they don't. As I see it, the only good use of karma are 1) to decrease the number of "I agree" comments 2) to isolate obvious trolls. This said, I don't care about Karma. The only feature I wish HN had is a "save button" similar to what reddit has. The reason is that it would allow me to follow up better the destiny of all those guys who come here and ask "rate/review my startup".

RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
>> ... I started tracking my karma a while ago > Geez, you are taking it seriously indeed. Not especially. I just pull my profile page occasionally to see what happens. I am, however, also in the process of building a site that will have some facets in common with this and other sites, so seeing what happens here is in my own interest. For what it's worth, I completely support PG in his continuing efforts to improve things. I appreciate that he will continue to make changes to try to address the problems that arise in a large site, and I realise that not all changes can be made completely openly. It's a difficult problem with no general solutions. Yet. I'd like to think that contributors here will play a part in keeping this site of high-quality, and perhaps finding methods that will work more generally.