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olalonde12y ago· 2 in thread

> You can easily spot the trend if you read HN through RSS.

Why is it more easy to spot through RSS? (genuine question)

I would guess it's easier to spot the amount of noise when you skim through all the submissions as opposed to peeking at the highest voted stories on the front page every once in a while.

The the posts that end up in the front page have been filtered, an unfiltered RSS feed has even the failed attempts to get easy points.

rhizome12y ago

It appears to be easier to get into the RSS feed than the front page, so if you follow RSS you see many truly terrible submissions.

steveklabnik12y ago· 1 in thread

Yes, I too hope pg decides to fight the good fight against others gaining precious Internet Points via methods I find unsavory, even if their accumulation doesn't affect me in the least.

eksith12y ago

Sock puppets = Proliferation of guns. With karma = Availability of bullets.

What doesn't affect you individually, affects all of us collectively. I.E. It diminishes the legitimacy of this forum as a whole when those very same mechanisms that are meant to cultivate genuine discussion are abused for petty reasons easily.

dreen12y ago

Heres an idea: remove karma total - its just an epenis and nothing else. Keep points for posts so you can see if your post was good and for burying trolls but dont show the total in profile or news page. Done.

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