[–] jonathankoren 2y ago ↗ Can’t help but think making a list of people by karma just encourages karma farming [–] simonw 2y ago ↗ I'm assumed that was why the karma scores for the top ten users aren't visible - you can karma farm your way to the top ten but after that you're blind: https://news.ycombinator.com/leadersMaybe psychologically that helps people think "why bother?" [–] tomjakubowski 2y ago ↗ You can click any of those profiles and see their karma, or some number claiming to be anyway. [–] jonathankoren 2y ago ↗ Nah. You just set the prize at top 10. [–] renewiltord 2y ago ↗ Amusingly, HN used to have an "average karma per comment" measure which I thought was interesting. It doesn't any more.
[–] simonw 2y ago ↗ I'm assumed that was why the karma scores for the top ten users aren't visible - you can karma farm your way to the top ten but after that you're blind: https://news.ycombinator.com/leadersMaybe psychologically that helps people think "why bother?" [–] tomjakubowski 2y ago ↗ You can click any of those profiles and see their karma, or some number claiming to be anyway. [–] jonathankoren 2y ago ↗ Nah. You just set the prize at top 10.
[–] tomjakubowski 2y ago ↗ You can click any of those profiles and see their karma, or some number claiming to be anyway.
[–] renewiltord 2y ago ↗ Amusingly, HN used to have an "average karma per comment" measure which I thought was interesting. It doesn't any more.
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