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This won't weed out TechCrunch submissions because they are usually upvoted above average. But the idea of charging against Karma is sound -- inferior submissio
by HardyLeung 16y ago
This won't weed out TechCrunch submissions because they are usually upvoted above average. But the idea of charging against Karma is sound -- inferior submission incurs a certain "collective" cost to the HN audience and hence must be paid for. Only downside, as many have mentioned before, is that this turns the focus to Karma.
- silentbicycle 16y agoPart of their upvotes are implicit submission upvotes, though. While not all their upvotes, it often gives them the 10 or so they need to actually stick on the front page. I don't think it'd turn the focus to karma too much (does anybody really care about karma?), but it would almost certainly improve the signal:noise ratio.