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For years I listened to users complain whenever I removed something they were used to for the improvement of the whole endeavor. I have rarely encountered a us
by edw519 16y ago
For years I listened to users complain whenever I removed something they were used to for the improvement of the whole endeavor. I have rarely encountered a user that was happier with less information.
Now I know how they feel.
- aristus 16y agoConsider this: Facebook is remarkable precisely because no matter how big it gets, your experience with it is more or less bounded by your personal circle. Points are a good proxy for user counts, and over the years I've become more and more aware of the number of people reading and judging. For me, at least, not seeing those points makes HN feel more cozy and private. With points I tended to chase after them rather than learning. I suspect that this feature vote will be very close. I suggest weighting this vote by contribution of the voter (submissions and comments) rather than raw vote count. After all, this experiment is intended to increase the value of contributions.
- Goladus 16y agoWhat if that information is misinformation? Compared to the actual value of the comment itself, the information conveyed in an upvote or downvote is rather small, and is always meta-information. Now that there are so many people here who seem to have vastly different opinions from me on what constitutes a quality comment, I am actually quite happy not knowing which comments they have flocked to support.