That rationale for the karma system would be the rankest hypocrisy. To facilitate the upvoting of particular commenters—regardless of content—LW records karma totals.
To facilitate the upvoting of particular commenters—regardless of content
It does no such thing. It tracks how much people have been upvoted to estimate their contribution to the community; it tracks monthly totals to estimate how much of that was recent.
That rationale for the karma system would be the rankest hypocrisy. To facilitate the upvoting of particular commenters—regardless of content—LW records karma totals.
It does no such thing. It tracks how much people have been upvoted to estimate their contribution to the community; it tracks monthly totals to estimate how much of that was recent.