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> ...but if I had to give up 2% of my HN "karma" to post this comment, I probably wouldn't do so. But, is that necessarily undesirable? I don't think that a so
by thaumaturgy 14y ago
> ...but if I had to give up 2% of my HN "karma" to post this comment, I probably wouldn't do so.
But, is that necessarily undesirable? I don't think that a social network should be looking to encourage idle chatter; look at what a cesspool Reddit has become. I'm having trouble seeing a downside to encouraging people to only post when they really have something important or useful or substantial to add.
- fudged71 14y agoYou don't always know how valuable your comment is when you post it. That's why being validated through voting is so great. Being penalized for posting an opinion that you don't even know will be popular is not going to end well. In this case, people will only post things that will give them high karma.