Ask HN: Please hide the karma and points from me

Hi there. I really like HN, I think it's the best place to keep in touch with tech news. I like comments too, as they often provide good counterpoints and details about stories. I try to comment / submit sometimes as well to participate, but whenever I do, I tend to get obsessed with points and karma. I'll check the feed every 2-3 minutes to see if I get upvoted, or see if my comment tanks in the feed. I know why I'm doing this: it's because I love the feeling of random people liking what I have to say. And I think it's a fairly human thing to do. But then I feel like crap spending so much time looking at that stupid karma number. My question is: is there ANY value to the user to display that karma number and points on HN comments / submission? I feel that hiding the numbers would increase the quality of submissions and comments, while preventing a lot of people like myself wasting some time. Oh, and it will also keep me from getting infuriated when I get downvoted in the first minutes after I post.