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You seem to imply that people primarely comment to get an orange highlight. I don't think the majority of users are that stupid.
by bloch 18y ago
You seem to imply that people primarely comment to get an orange highlight. I don't think the majority of users are that stupid.
- Xichekolas 18y agoGive people a status symbol and they invariably try to attain it.
- DanielBMarkham 18y agoI'm amazed that you would have a karma system, special colored status indicators, and yet people would still claim that it doesn't affect user behavior. That's the point, guys. If the karma/colored system didn't affect user behavior, it wouldn't be there
- far33d 18y agoCreate a game, and people will play it as a game. Put a number next to someone or a color and people will change behavior to change the color/number. Especially hacker/gamer/competitive males, which are clearly represented pretty well here at HN.