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Hmm. If people take number 6 seriously enough we may be net ahead.

• Goladus 18y ago
  And maybe not net ahead, if people take #1, #4, and #8 seriously enough. 2, 3, 5 and 7 are all fairly minor, I think. But 1 and 4 are all about popularity, and number 8 leads to shallow discussion. It seems wrong to me, to assume that anything valuable must be stated within the first two or three exchanges.
• GavinB 18y ago
  That's a fair point. It wouldn't be much of a hacker site if we didn't run the experiment just to see what happens. Sadly, I'm betting on "no measurable change."
  • unalone 18y ago
    Somebody in the first thread mentioned that he suspected an influx of witty one-liners, since they're easy to read and quickly upvoted. I'm afraid that'll be the case: we'll see a decline in good posts in favor of easily digested posts.
    • kalvin 18y ago
      I'm much more likely to read and upvote longer comments, especially when there's lots of comments in a thread, because my eye catches on them and I generally think that if someone wrote a long comment they must have put in some effort. So if enough people are like me, it won't be the one-liners that benefit.
• light3 18y ago
  1- Checked 2- Checked 3- Checked 4- Checked 5- Done 6- Did you know Bill Gates is smelly and likes hamburgers 7. Checked 8. Checked Bring forth the karma!