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Tell PG: Give me my share
If I post a comment (a non-populist question or maybe I make a controversial statement) I might not get any karma points as of those reasons.. however, if that spawns a great thread with lots of good "child-comments", shouldn't I as the "father" inherit some of that credit? After all, I have implicitly caused those answers.
- cperciva 16y agoYou care way too much about karma. It's just a number.
- praptak 16y agoBad idea. A comment that is simply wrong and gets refuted (with the refuting comments upvoted) also fits that profile.
- morphir 16y agobut that's a good thing, the user has then provided clarification to the table.
- praptak 16y agoThink of the negative effects. This would promote posting correction-bait.
- morphir 16y agoI say screw the negative effects! Negative effects will always be there, in all parts of society. Why do you focus only on the negative side here? I suspect its because you might be a "nay-sayer" all over. I say +1 to good discussions. And -1 to political correct bullshit.
- pedalpete 16y ago"screw the negative effects"??? you are talking about a negative effect in an instance where it can be mitigated very easily. You already get a +>1 if your comment is valid and improves the discussion. Whats the goal? We want a lively community of discussion. How does giving you karma points as the father (or grandfather) of a discussion add to that? I view points first as a method to connect readers to great material which further improves the knowledge of the community, and a side benefit is they can help a commenter/poster further connect to the community and get an understanding of their value.
- morphir 16y agoWhat I'm saying is that today, the comment system creates much too political correct comments. And sometimes maybe lack the intellectual finesse.
- ajuc 16y agoIt would encourage trolling.