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Well, are any of the individual activities by themselves bad things to do? Most of them don't actively detract from the discussion, they're just a bit selfish a
by GavinB 18y ago
Well, are any of the individual activities by themselves bad things to do? Most of them don't actively detract from the discussion, they're just a bit selfish and egotistical in aggregate.
- jacquesm 18y agoThey make the 'score' the goal, whereas the goal is to have meaninful discussion about stuff interesting to hackers (unless I got that wrong). It's an inherent risk in any situation where a number is brought in to play, there will be people that are going to focus on maximizing that number, not on the original goal the number was supposed to help achieve.