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Comment scores are actually irrelevant. The relative score is all that matters, and a comment's position on the page tells you all you need to know.
by hayksaakian 13y ago
Comment scores are actually irrelevant.
The relative score is all that matters, and a comment's position on the page tells you all you need to know.
- derefr 13y agoRank is only apparent when a comment has siblings. When two people are having a reply-to-reply back-and-forth debate, I'm usually left very curious to which side HN agrees with.
- hayksaakian 13y agopersonally, i'd rather that be unknown to avoid encouraging hive-mindedness.
- derefr 13y agoIt just occurred to me that it'd actually be nice to display scores on threads when they become archived--in other words, when knowing the score can no longer encourage you to upvote.
- TheLoneWolfling 13y agoTo me, there is a major difference between this: --comment A (1000 karma) --comment B (2 karma) --comment C (1 karma) and this: --comment A (1000 karma) --comment B (999 karma) --comment C (1 karma) Consider if A and B have opposing opinions.