Hypithesis: membership of an online community becomes a major distraction/problem once you pass the threshold of recognising many posters. There's only a few na

Hypithesis: membership of an online community becomes a major distraction/problem once you pass the threshold of recognising many posters. There's only a few names I recognise at the moment, mostly due to these leader board features. I'm pretty sure my name is not recognised at all. But I've been involved with a few forums in the past and often I wish I could have all the hours back that I spent on them. HN is a bit different though as it's more of a meritocracy and the 'top posters' aren't just people who never log off.