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Does the karma really do anything? Or is there a complicated algorithm that sorts comments based on people's karma?
by martianpenguin 19y ago
Does the karma really do anything? Or is there a complicated algorithm that sorts comments based on people's karma?
- aneesh 19y agoI'm pretty sure the sorting of comments has nothing to do with karma of the poster, just the votes on that particular comment, and how old it is - similar to how stories are ranked on the front page.
- martianpenguin 19y agoIf that's the case, then why do people even have a karma score? The karma should just be a score for each comment/article.
- davidw 19y agoI kind of like that idea. It's useful to keep track of what people have generally agreed with in a discussion, or to move things up the front page, but significantly less so for the site as a whole.
- webwright 19y agoIt's making a game out of it, which gets a small subset of users maniacal about their Karma score and thus submitting tons of good content. PG = Crafty Devil.
- martianpenguin 19y agoThe karma score of each person should show up next to people's names then. It's kinda hidden away right now.
- boredguy8 19y agoPosts with higher karma gravitate to the top of the comment tier in which they reside. e.g.: (12 (4 2 2 1) 8 (5 (3 1) 2 1) 2 (8 1 -2) 1 1 0)