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As a thought experiment: what would be the main downside of hiding karma completely?
by mercer 13y ago
As a thought experiment: what would be the main downside of hiding karma completely?
- krapp 13y agoMaybe, it would remove a convenient proxy by which to judge a posters' credibility before reading their comments? I'm not entirely sold on the utility of karma as a filter for quality, though, but I know some people use it for that.
- mercer 13y agoI thought of that, but 1) if you're invested enough to go do that, you're likely to already notice posters you 'like', 2) even high-karma people can say stupid things and vice-versa, and 3) there could be a 'percentile' system where the top x% get some kind of marking, or even just 'in the top x% of karma).