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My question would be: why the secrecy? HN worried that transparency about the processes of ratings & their "rewards" (which (plus + $5.00) will buy you a capp
by CalmQuiet 18y ago
My question would be: why the secrecy? HN worried that transparency about the processes of ratings & their "rewards" (which (plus + $5.00) will buy you a cappuccino) would lead to abuse of the system?
I think openness system would allow for HN viewers to discuss the value of different site-karma processes -- enabling the site designers (and all of us) to benefit more from the community's collective genius and experience (on this issue the way it does on others).
- pg 18y agoIt's simpler than you think. As moderately dangerous new features got added, I gave them karma thresholds to avoid abuse. Since there's no man page there's nowhere to list them all. Most got explained individually in News News though.
- CalmQuiet 18y agoThanks for the reply. That leads me rather automatically to rephrase my question: "Why no man page?" And (sorry to be such a newb) what is News News? Do you mean just http://news.ycombinator.com/news http://news.ycombinator.com/news ? If so the SEARCH button/form is proving hard for me to find !?¿?!
- cx01 18y agoNews news is here: http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html
- frisco 18y agoThere is no search. See: searchyc.com
- CalmQuiet 18y agoGreat lead, frisco. Perhaps if they eventually get stable and maybe offers some "advanced search" YC will want to incorporate it into HN site. [or at least put a link to it atop HN page - why should visitors have to ask a question to know where to go for a search feature?] It's speed seems excellent (early on a Monday morning).