Comment on Please don't use hnreputationparentComments−nir17yThat's my point - some people got high karma by posting intelligent comments, but many others just got it by posting a lot and echoing popular views. So, karma score in itself is pretty useless, in my opinion.−johnmw17yThis is probably getting a tad too complicated but having a number of different 'upvote' icons (ala Slashdot) would be interesting.You could upvote someone for being funny, informative, insightful, and so on.If someone has a high karma for being funny in topics related to computer security, you probably wouldn't trust their security advice so much.
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That's my point - some people got high karma by posting intelligent comments, but many others just got it by posting a lot and echoing popular views. So, karma score in itself is pretty useless, in my opinion.
This is probably getting a tad too complicated but having a number of different 'upvote' icons (ala Slashdot) would be interesting.
You could upvote someone for being funny, informative, insightful, and so on.
If someone has a high karma for being funny in topics related to computer security, you probably wouldn't trust their security advice so much.