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This is my favorite option. That being said, I think people are especially worried that if it's a bad change, it won't be reverted or tinkered with in a timely
by chrismonsanto 13y ago
This is my favorite option.
That being said, I think people are especially worried that if it's a bad change, it won't be reverted or tinkered with in a timely manner. HN has a (deserved, I think...) reputation for being unresponsive to user feedback.
- rkuykendall-com 13y agoSome people might be worried that, if it's a bad change, it won't be reverted because nobody will be able to read their complaints. This is one of the few cases where the worse a change is, the less of a voice you will have after it happens. I'm not saying it will be bad, but you can see why that would be frightening.
- derefr 13y agoThe "karma elite" will be able to read their complaints. Usefully, the people with the ability to revert the change are a strict subset of the karma elite.
- dmoo 13y agoIs there any information on how spread out geographically the "karma elite" is. If it's very US centric then users in other time zones may suffer most in terms of pending delays.
- hobs 13y agoWhile that is true, I think most of the time people think they know what they want, and then when they get what they asked for, it can be fairly shitty. As I see it, trying something, even for an extended period while it totally fails, means that pg et all want to improve the level of commentary as they have seen it decline, and are taking steps to do what they can to improve it. I don't think any community has gotten it right so far, and I am willing to surf it out, even if it means my ability to comment is curtailed a bit. I was first attracted to HN not for the stories, though they are good, but for the extremely good commentary from people who know what they are talking about.