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This seems to be changing on sites like HN and Stack Overflow. The only difference I can see is that the moderators intentionally guide the discussion away fro
by ardell 18y ago
This seems to be changing on sites like HN and Stack Overflow. The only difference I can see is that the moderators intentionally guide the discussion away from trolling. Are there other factors here that I'm missing?
- jmatt 18y agoThis reminds me: http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html
- petercooper 18y agoI think the points systems on such sites give a different incentive. Many people help just to help, but others take part primarily for the point gaining (which rapidly becomes addictive) or to gain some sense of achieving more than others. Despite these motivations, if the ultimate result is a good one, I see no harm.
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