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Yeah, SO had many problems, I'd argue most stemming from the points system that: - Made people treat it like a contest and tried to game it - Obscure, difficu
by torginus 1y ago
Yeah, SO had many problems, I'd argue most stemming from the points system that:
- Made people treat it like a contest and tried to game it
- Obscure, difficult questions, with obscure, difficult answers barely being valued, while 'How do I make a GET request in node' going gangbusters.
- kldg 1y agoas an aside, the ranking/rating systems are largely why I quit using social media a long time ago and stick to a small chatroom of people I know. it's relatively tolerable here where scores aren't next to posts (and the user base generally tolerant, lets whoever say their piece and move on), but I use following ublock filter to hide the score stuff: news.ycombinator.com###karma news.ycombinator.com##.score news.ycombinator.com##td:has-text(/^karma:$/):upward(tr) I've thought about removing the graying feature and maybe doing a random sort of replies, but haven't accumulated enough spite yet.
- jimbokun 1y agoI’m addicted to Reddit but confess it’s mostly about saying something clever or funny to get high scores, not necessarily insightful or informative. Still better than X though.