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Tell PG: Give me my share

1 points by morphir ↗ HN
If I post a comment (a non-populist question or maybe I make a controversial statement) I might not get any karma points as of those reasons.. however, if that spawns a great thread with lots of good "child-comments", shouldn't I as the "father" inherit some of that credit? After all, I have implicitly caused those answers.

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cperciva
You care way too much about karma. It's just a number.
praptak
Bad idea. A comment that is simply wrong and gets refuted (with the refuting comments upvoted) also fits that profile.
morphir
but that's a good thing, the user has then provided clarification to the table.
praptak
Think of the negative effects. This would promote posting correction-bait.
morphir
I say screw the negative effects! Negative effects will always be there, in all parts of society. Why do you focus only on the negative side here? I suspect its because you might be a "nay-sayer" all over. I say +1 to good discussions. And -1 to political correct bullshit.
pedalpete
"screw the negative effects"??? you are talking about a negative effect in an instance where it can be mitigated very easily.

You already get a +>1 if your comment is valid and improves the discussion.

Whats the goal?

We want a lively community of discussion.

How does giving you karma points as the father (or grandfather) of a discussion add to that?

I view points first as a method to connect readers to great material which further improves the knowledge of the community, and a side benefit is they can help a commenter/poster further connect to the community and get an understanding of their value.

morphir
What I'm saying is that today, the comment system creates much too political correct comments. And sometimes maybe lack the intellectual finesse.
ajuc
It would encourage trolling.