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I've largely stopped commenting due to karma also. It's not just that wording the same sentiment differently can result in either up or downvotes, it's that I d
by vbuwivbiu 8y ago
I've largely stopped commenting due to karma also. It's not just that wording the same sentiment differently can result in either up or downvotes, it's that I don't want to have to care about getting points on the internet
- edw 8y agoRight on. I'm a photographer as well as a programmer, and I've largely stopped sharing photos on Instagram because I don't want to measure my work based on the number of likes each receives, and I don't want the people I care about who "follow" me there to feel the need to like my work. I've watched friends go through their various networks' feeds and mechanically like, react, whatever lest their friends think they're giving them the cold shoulder. For the same reason, I've come to find using Uber exhausting. Why do I care about my 4.75 (was 4.77) rating? I take taxis whenever practical because I don't want to endanger my rating by making too much small talk or not making enough small talk.
- diminoten 8y agoIf HN were to revamp how it handled comment sorting, what features would get you to comment again?
- edw 8y agoA thought experiment: What if HN changed nothing except that it never displayed point counts for posts, comments, or users? I think it would tamp down gadfly behavior. It may also, however, do the same to behavior that we want to encourage. There are no easy answers.
- abledon 8y agoBut the points give your brain dopamine hits as you struggle to write 5000 unit tests against a 3rd party JSON API over a span of 1 month!