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Points are damaging, especially the way they've done them on StackOverflow. It's fine for anyone who got in on it in the early days, or cares about collecting t
by porker 9y ago
Points are damaging, especially the way they've done them on StackOverflow. It's fine for anyone who got in on it in the early days, or cares about collecting them. But to make a better community the points need to decay (exponential decay preferably) so there isn't such a power imbalance.
This would incentivize everyone to gain points by being helpful, rather than enjoying being an 'authority'.
- greenhouse_gas 9y agoThe problem with points is that they become the way to gauge your reputation. In contrast, in fora like HN or reddit (where points are, well, pointless) the username is the way to gauge your reputation. So I don't care how many points you have in HN, but people will notice if you comment a lot and have deep knowledge.