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Quick: can someone create a proxy to hn which does the regexp s/\d+ points? by//g I wonder what it would "feel" like to read hn without the quantification of q
by growt 17y ago
Quick: can someone create a proxy to hn which does the regexp s/\d+ points? by//g
I wonder what it would "feel" like to read hn without the quantification of quality.
After all the most interesting stuff would be still on top.
Edit:
I've done a quick bookmarklet, it seems to break links, but it gives an impression (so enter in in the urlbar at any hn site and press enter):
javascript:document.documentElement.innerHTML = document.documentElement.innerHTML.replace(/\d+ points?| by |/g,"");
- ErrantX 17y agoI was toying with suggesting this "improvement" the other day - i.e. remove comment scores. I think it makes things better; but I suspect there would be a lot of opposition.
- growt 17y agoMaybe one could make that a user setting so that everybody who likes it that way could switch points off. I think I could be more objective when I wouldn't see the exact points but just the relative order of stories and comments. Another interesting idea would be that a reply to a comment would count as +1 (or maybe +0.5) for the parent. Because I think that if a comment is interesting or controversial enough to justify a reply it deserves a point or a half for that fact alone.
- philwelch 17y agoThere are too many replies that correct factual errors or explain/reinforce HN social norms to assume reply == upvote. Though you could downvote and reply.