I think it should always be that. If you're easily addicted to watching small numbers go up perhaps you should spend your time jumping into a videogame (such as

I think it should always be that. If you're easily addicted to watching small numbers go up perhaps you should spend your time jumping into a videogame (such as an MMO since you seem near inclined)but this is supposed to be a website for news and in the search for points people submit utter crap articles constantly. When one ceases using the comment system as a filtering for interesting/uninteresting or relevant news and it becomes a status symbol you have completely lost the entire purpose of the system. In the search for points you will abuse and ruin what the system was put in place to do.