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This is why I was against hiding karma on posts. I suspect that it drives the points reward up for one liners, since there's no way to balance things downwards,
by anthonyb 14y ago
This is why I was against hiding karma on posts. I suspect that it drives the points reward up for one liners, since there's no way to balance things downwards, ie. not upvote or downvote if you think a post has too many points.
And I think the upvote is pretty much set in stone now. It's essentially "I like this post" or "I don't like this post", there's not much nuance.
- pc86 14y agoI wasn't around at that point, but I disagree with you. Let me explain why. You shouldn't downvote a comment because it "has too many points." If you think a post deserves a downvote, do so. Whether 25 or five or zero people before you thought so shouldn't play any role in how you perceive the quality of that post.
- anthonyb 14y agoBut in aggregate, it means that a throwaway one liner becomes much more valuable (from a karma/algorithm perspective at least). It removes a large amount of control from the people commenting.