I think this is the best approach, too, and is one of the tactics I'd decided to use when building a forum one day. If we assume that any displayed score is go

I think this is the best approach, too, and is one of the tactics I'd decided to use when building a forum one day. If we assume that any displayed score is going to trigger some amount of gaming motivation in most people, then displaying scores of any kind contributes to a rise in game behavior versus social behavior.