That is, someone with −3 (or whatever the threshold is) or less is still hidden, but if they have −1 karma it just displays “no points” or something?
That does seem like it would be somewhat useful- I tend to vote up or down almost regardless of karma (the only effect I’ve noticed is a slight increase in the chance I vote up if the karma is negative and I like it) but I know some other people do it to hit some karma target they have in mind.
The way Hacker News does this is by not displaying comment scores that are below the filter threshold.
That is, someone with −3 (or whatever the threshold is) or less is still hidden, but if they have −1 karma it just displays “no points” or something?
That does seem like it would be somewhat useful- I tend to vote up or down almost regardless of karma (the only effect I’ve noticed is a slight increase in the chance I vote up if the karma is negative and I like it) but I know some other people do it to hit some karma target they have in mind.