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Not to try and "King Solomon" it, but couldn't you make it a user profile option to display comment points? Personally, I think it's better now that they are n

Not to try and "King Solomon" it, but couldn't you make it a user profile option to display comment points? Personally, I think it's better now that they are not displayed, but if it reverts back to displaying them, I'd be happy to just not have to see them myself, regardless if other's want to.

shykes 16y ago
I agree. My vote goes to making it configurable, with a default behavior of not displaying points.
- jseliger 16y ago
  This sounds desirable to me too; if it were a poll option, I'd vote for it.
aristus 16y ago
Making an option is a tempting choice, but as always the devil is in the defaults. In the limit case you get things like Linux apps with umpteen million options, and still no one is happy.
- m0nastic 16y ago
  Conceptually, I agree with you; but your HN profile isn't like setting up a Wordpress installation. There's a pretty minimal amount of things which can be tweaked.
pavel_lishin 16y ago
How about only giving the option to view comment scores to users of a certain age, or reputation?
nzadrozny 16y ago
It sounds diplomatic to let each group choose their preference, but what is much more valuable here is to learn what exactly those preferences are, and why they are held. If there were an option to let each choose according to their preference, then we could all quietly revert to our preferences instead of taking the opportunity to be confronted with a bigger picture.
- m0nastic 16y ago
  I'm not so sure there is a bigger picture, just a bunch of people who each get different things out of reading/posting here on the site. Look at any of the comments on the articles about this so far, and you get the what and the why (people's reasons seem to run the gamut). But let's postulate that we revert back to the previous system where comment points are displayed. I can't think of a reason why it would matter if I personally don't want to see comment points.
javert 16y ago
I don't like the idea that I'm not seeing the same stuff, and reacting to the same stuff, as other people. I like the feeling of a shared experience. Honestly, I'd probably rather either have comments, or not have them, than have the possibility of turning them off in the preferences.

shykes 16y ago

I agree. My vote goes to making it configurable, with a default behavior of not displaying points.

jseliger 16y ago
This sounds desirable to me too; if it were a poll option, I'd vote for it.

aristus 16y ago

Making an option is a tempting choice, but as always the devil is in the defaults. In the limit case you get things like Linux apps with umpteen million options, and still no one is happy.

m0nastic 16y ago
Conceptually, I agree with you; but your HN profile isn't like setting up a Wordpress installation. There's a pretty minimal amount of things which can be tweaked.

pavel_lishin 16y ago

How about only giving the option to view comment scores to users of a certain age, or reputation?

nzadrozny 16y ago

It sounds diplomatic to let each group choose their preference, but what is much more valuable here is to learn what exactly those preferences are, and why they are held. If there were an option to let each choose according to their preference, then we could all quietly revert to our preferences instead of taking the opportunity to be confronted with a bigger picture.

m0nastic 16y ago
I'm not so sure there is a bigger picture, just a bunch of people who each get different things out of reading/posting here on the site. Look at any of the comments on the articles about this so far, and you get the what and the why (people's reasons seem to run the gamut). But let's postulate that we revert back to the previous system where comment points are displayed. I can't think of a reason why it would matter if I personally don't want to see comment points.

javert 16y ago

I don't like the idea that I'm not seeing the same stuff, and reacting to the same stuff, as other people. I like the feeling of a shared experience. Honestly, I'd probably rather either have comments, or not have them, than have the possibility of turning them off in the preferences.