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If HackerNew wanted to become more like FarmVille (not that it should), the system could: * give you karma just for stopping by each day * give you karma for
by phil_KartMe 16y ago
If HackerNew wanted to become more like FarmVille (not that it should), the system could:
* give you karma just for stopping by each day
* give you karma for upvoting other's posts
* give you profiles you could customize by trading in karma
* show you what your friends were upvoting and their Karma
* show you how close you were to attaining moderator status
* allow you to give one virtual gift per day to your favorite contributors
* have your karma decline if you don't stop by in a week
- ryanjmo 16y agoHa, the sad part is if they did this, I would likely use HN even more.
- dmix 16y agoIt would be more appropriate for Digg.
- psyklic 16y agoHN can't become like FarmVille. The key element to FarmVille (and games like WoW) is -- you level up not due to skill, but by how long you play the game. In other words, a very skilled player will level up just as quickly as an unskilled one. On HN, karma is earned much more rapidly by "skilled" users, even though to get a high karma you must use the site often. Taking this away would rob HN of its most valuable asset -- karma encourages "skilled" users to post insightful comments.