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That seems like it would discourage novel content. People would be less willing to risk points on something they're not sure will be voted up.
by imgabe 17y ago
That seems like it would discourage novel content. People would be less willing to risk points on something they're not sure will be voted up.
- olalonde 17y agoAt the same time, if you think your novel content is not likely to get up voted, why would you post it ? Ideally, I would like to see a StackOverflow-like karma system on HN. For instance, let's say you get X points for every up vote, it wouldn't be that scary to lose X/2 points for submitting a story that doesn't get up voted but yet, you would think about it twice.