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I would like to take this time to send a huge "thank you" to all of these "power" posters for spending their time to contribute thoughtful incites on the topics

• bigiain 16y ago
  +1 I'm a little disappointed to see that some of the top replies in this discussion right now are people who've obviously put some thought (and presumably effort) into working out how to post in ways that maximise HM karma. It feels a bit to me like the old problem of not having the right metrics to measure and encourage the goals. If people are deciding when to post based on how it'll affect their karma, presumably that means sometimes they're choosing _not_ to contribute to the discussion "cause the karma payoff is too small". That's a bit sad. (Which I guess is an easier to hold view from a lowly ~300 karma account...)
  • powrtoch 16y ago
    I don't know that it's anything to worry about. When you throw a bunch of analytical people into a rating system, it's only natural that they'll be searching out its weak points. A lot of us have probably noticed various weaknesses in the karma system, but I don't think it's because we're all scrambling to game that system. HN is just full of the types of people who can't help but notice.
• arethuza 16y ago
  Maybe we should make it easier to find out where people are located so we can work out whether they are being sarcastic or not. ;-)