Two thoughts which have probably been beaten to death elsewhere:
1) A karma system is a good way to provide cues to which posts are worth reading and which aren’t.
2) Karma points are a big shiny status indicator, and LWers are no more immune to status drives than anyone else is.
Two thoughts which have probably been beaten to death elsewhere:
1) A karma system is a good way to provide cues to which posts are worth reading and which aren’t.
2) Karma points are a big shiny status indicator, and LWers are no more immune to status drives than anyone else is.