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Agree. Delay showing pts for a few days maybe the other option. The points do help in surfacing articles and comments. Nobody needs to see them instantly.
by hux_ 9y ago
Agree. Delay showing pts for a few days maybe the other option.
The points do help in surfacing articles and comments.
Nobody needs to see them instantly.
- slazaro 9y agoWhy showing them then? If it's useful to not have them the first few days, why is it useful after? I don't have any numbers, but I'd bet 99% of visits to comment pages are made in the first day of the article being submitted (i.e. when it's in the front page or second page).
- hux_ 9y agoI don't know how many people need the 'micro dopamine high' to contribute and engage. If that number is high engagement might drop off as they may go elsewhere to get the fix.
- arca_vorago 9y agoThe flip side is that those of us who tend to have controversial opinions get negative dopamine hits (downvotes, often with no response or retort) and participate less. I mostly just don't participate in upvoting or downvoting at all (here or on reddit), unless something really catches my attention. Personally, I still think this is one thing slashdot had right. Random selection of certain established users as "moderator" who could not only give a comment a point rating between 0-5, but also a descriptor (funny, offtopic, etc). Honestly I miss the slashdot days of old.