To dream: Custom submission & comment tags; custom, user-facing, shareable filter design subsystems for submissions & comments with the possibility to spin up a

To dream: Custom submission & comment tags; custom, user-facing, shareable filter design subsystems for submissions & comments with the possibility to spin up ad hoc moderation groups that own specific tags. System for custom karma filtering to develop types of karma. Multiple karmic dimensions. Meta-systems of tag features & filters. Upvotes? Silly concept, too much effort placed on an emotional dichotomy. I used to do couples coaching and this would be first on my discussion list for relating to each other--we have got to move beyond the dichotomies, relating to things is richer than this. You'll get better results with less hot/cold style interaction. Tell your boss that tomorrow. Downvotes? More unnecessary pain for everybody. You want to subscribe to a ratings system? Pick your favorite. Pick your favorite anything. Don't like tags? Easily find others' tags which indicate & link to a high-quality subjective structure zone where tags are irrelevant because concrete hierarchical structure is found here. Enjoy letting others do your organizing for you. Overall: Intentionally subsetting current HN to a part of HN-world, in favor of a speculative variety of HNs, allowing new experience discovery & new modes of participation. Skate to where the f*** it's going to be, I think Steve Jobs said. Power to the people Marty, btw I wish the same for Youtube, Facebook, etc. etc. which IMO in the future will be seen as little more than unexciting instruments of unnecessary psychological exposure/damage insofar as their user-facing participation interfaces are concerned.