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Karma (to me) is about making a contribution. A question doesn't make a contribution, but the answers may.
by toast76 16y ago
Karma (to me) is about making a contribution.
A question doesn't make a contribution, but the answers may.
- robg 16y agoI disagree pretty strongly here. The right questions can be extremely powerful contributions. Try this one: What makes a contribution to HN valuable?
- simonsarris 16y agoSo you've never seen a thought-provoking question on HN?
- ntoshev 16y agoThe contribution of a question is often defining a problem and framing further discussion.
- robg 16y agoIndeed, it has a social component embedded in its very nature. I don't see the same of comments. I could make comments about anything in life - code, food, movies, people, etc. - and it doesn't matter if anyone else cares. Questions though are pointless if they don't engender a response.
- alanthonyc 16y ago"Karma (to me) is about making a contribution." - absolutely true "A question doesn't make a contribution, but the answers may." - absolutely false Good questions are the root of many great conversations.
- toast76 16y agoAs can a bad hypothesis, or a bad question. The "great conversation" is the part that creates the value. Not the parent. My own point here has no value on its own other than the fact that it started further discussion. It doesn't make my comment any more valuable in its own right.
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- chc 16y agoSocrates is generally thought to have made some contributions to philosophy despite the fact that the Socratic Method basically boils down to "ask lots of questions."