I thought it was the other way around: never try to solve a social problem with software.
The karma-neutral idea sounds like a good one, but then you remember that it's easy to create new accounts... Ultimately, you just have to depend on people to do good or leave.
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I'd rather just make the system quietly do the right thing. Never do through social pressure what you could do through software.
I thought it was the other way around: never try to solve a social problem with software.
The karma-neutral idea sounds like a good one, but then you remember that it's easy to create new accounts... Ultimately, you just have to depend on people to do good or leave.
A fair point, but there is a downvote threshold (20 points). Easy to overcome, but also easy to detect.
I understand. I hope news.yc doesn't become an overly serious place though.
PS: As an after-thought, social pressure may be more adaptable than software.