Slightly unrelated: I wish there was an option to disable the brownie points or karma. I, for one, don’t really care about some arbitrary number, neither up nor down. It also encourages echo chamber ideas, as humans are biased towards them and might even mindlessly vote down or up when they think this is the majority opinion. That also leads to public manipulation. I think HN should get rid of it completely while keeping some hidden -or not- metrics on how an article should be popular or not.
Agreed, I'd have it an option that's off by default (i.e. default topbar shows no karma), even. But you can probably bug the person who makes the phone app.
Of course, the purist solution is the one upthread - use the regular website on your phone and misclick 'hide' until there's no avoiding doing whatever chore you're avoiding after all.
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Slightly unrelated: I wish there was an option to disable the brownie points or karma. I, for one, don’t really care about some arbitrary number, neither up nor down. It also encourages echo chamber ideas, as humans are biased towards them and might even mindlessly vote down or up when they think this is the majority opinion. That also leads to public manipulation. I think HN should get rid of it completely while keeping some hidden -or not- metrics on how an article should be popular or not.
There are extensions that take it off the top bar and you can likely also make your adblocker do it without too much trouble.
That's good to know, thanks! It would be better if it were built in though, as most of the time I am using a phone app, not the browser.
Agreed, I'd have it an option that's off by default (i.e. default topbar shows no karma), even. But you can probably bug the person who makes the phone app.
Of course, the purist solution is the one upthread - use the regular website on your phone and misclick 'hide' until there's no avoiding doing whatever chore you're avoiding after all.