I think the intent might actually be that the karma for a given comment isn’t displayed that prominently (i.e. a faint grey number buried in a string of numbers of icons). And that the idea is for most of the work being done by the sorting rather than by expecting people to read karma-count.
(although this is the case for comments, less so for posts)
This seems like another reason to display net upvotes on the page (in an easier-to-read font), and hide karma weighting behind a thing you have to click/hover to view. Net upvoters matter less than karma, so you’re giving boring information in an easy-on-the-eyes fashion, rather than giving interesting information in a hard-to-see fashion.
I noticed this. This seems to belong to a class where if you’re going to ignore the karma number and trust the sorting, being hard to see is good, but if you’re going to squint and look at it anyway, then making it hard to see is just a tax on eyes. I need to live with it for longer before saying for sure but I worry that this catches us in the bad middle. Can we actually avoid looking at all? So far my answer is no, I can’t.
I think the intent might actually be that the karma for a given comment isn’t displayed that prominently (i.e. a faint grey number buried in a string of numbers of icons). And that the idea is for most of the work being done by the sorting rather than by expecting people to read karma-count.
(although this is the case for comments, less so for posts)
This seems like another reason to display net upvotes on the page (in an easier-to-read font), and hide karma weighting behind a thing you have to click/hover to view. Net upvoters matter less than karma, so you’re giving boring information in an easy-on-the-eyes fashion, rather than giving interesting information in a hard-to-see fashion.
I noticed this. This seems to belong to a class where if you’re going to ignore the karma number and trust the sorting, being hard to see is good, but if you’re going to squint and look at it anyway, then making it hard to see is just a tax on eyes. I need to live with it for longer before saying for sure but I worry that this catches us in the bad middle. Can we actually avoid looking at all? So far my answer is no, I can’t.